K26
Duodenal ulcer
Header / non-billable
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- K26.0Acute duodenal ulcer with hemorrhageBillable
- K26.1Acute duodenal ulcer with perforationBillable
- K26.2Acute duodenal ulcer with both hemorrhage and perforationBillable
- K26.3Acute duodenal ulcer without hemorrhage or perforationBillable
- K26.4Chronic or unspecified duodenal ulcer with hemorrhageBillable
- K26.5Chronic or unspecified duodenal ulcer with perforationBillable
- K26.6Chronic or unspecified duodenal ulcer with both hemorrhage and perforationBillable
- K26.7Chronic duodenal ulcer without hemorrhage or perforationBillable
- K26.9Duodenal ulcer, unspecified as acute or chronic, without hemorrhage or perforationBillable
This code does not map to a risk-adjusting HCC in the loaded models.
Coding notes
Excludes 1 never coded together · Excludes 2 may co-exist
This code · K26
Inherited from K20-K31Diseases of esophagus, stomach and duodenum
Excludes 2
hiatus hernia (K44.-)
Inherited from chapter 11Diseases of the digestive system
Excludes 2
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)