In simple words: This code refers to problems with the area behind your belly where important organs like your kidneys and adrenal glands are located.

This code encompasses various disorders affecting the retroperitoneum, the space behind the abdominal cavity that contains organs like the kidneys, adrenal glands, and major blood vessels.

Example 1: A patient presents with abdominal pain and fever. Imaging reveals a retroperitoneal abscess (K68.1). The patient undergoes drainage of the abscess., A patient with a history of abdominal trauma develops a retroperitoneal hematoma (K68.2).Conservative management is employed, and the patient is monitored for resolution of the hematoma., A patient undergoes a CT scan that reveals retroperitoneal fibrosis (K68.3), a condition characterized by the formation of fibrous tissue in the retroperitoneum.The patient is started on medication to manage the fibrosis.

Documentation should include details of the specific disorder, imaging findings, treatment provided, and any associated complications.

** Excludes2: certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) neoplasms (C00-D49) symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)