Gastric Ulcer ICD-10-CM Codes

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What ICD-10 Codes are Used for Gastric Ulcer?

Here’s a list of the ICD Codes for gastric ulcers that practitioners can use for diagnosis documentation, billing, medical coding, and more:

K25.0: Acute gastric ulcer with hemorrhage
K25.1: Acute gastric ulcer with perforation
K25.2: Acute gastric ulcer with both hemorrhage and perforation
K25.3: Acute gastric ulcer without hemorrhage or perforation
K25.4: Chronic or unspecified gastric ulcer with hemorrhage
K25.5: Chronic or unspecified gastric ulcer with perforation
K25.6: Chronic or unspecified gastric ulcer with both hemorrhage and perforation
K25.7: Chronic gastric ulcer without hemorrhage or perforation
K25.9: Gastric ulcer, unspecified as acute or chronic, without hemorrhage or perforation

All of the gastric ulcer ICD codes mentioned above are billable.

Gastric ulcers, also known as stomach ulcers or peptic ulcers, are open sores found on the stomach lining. Ulcers happen when digestive acids eat the stomach lining due to the thin mucus layer protecting one’s stomach.
The main symptoms are usually burning or pain in the middle of the stomach. However, one may experience other symptoms besides the main symptoms, such as indigestion, heartburn, nausea, vomiting, bloating, acid reflux, anemia, not wanting to eat/feeling full quickly, or dark vomit/stool.
An infection of the bacterium Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori) or long-term use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) usually causes gastric ulcers.
To diagnose gastric ulcer, the practitioner will check the patient’s medical history, have them undergo a blood/stool/ or breath test, conduct imaging tests, and collect stomach tissue via a biopsy.
Treatments vary depending on the cause. For mild cases, treatment includes prescription medication and probiotics. Meanwhile, for severe cases, surgery may be the recommended treatment. In addition, a diet change may be recommended to the patient to eliminate the bacteria that causes gastric ulcers.