Coding Guidelines

Includes

  • erosion (acute) of stomach
  • pylorus ulcer (peptic)
  • stomach ulcer (peptic)

Excludes1 (Mutually Exclusive)

These codes should never be used together with K25

  • acute gastritis (K29.0-)
  • peptic ulcer NOS (K27.-)

Use Additional Code

  • code to identify:
  • alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)

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