Excludes2

  • hiatus hernia (K44.-)
  1. K25 Gastric ulcer

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

    Includes:

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

    Excludes1

    • acute gastritis (K29.0-)
    • peptic ulcer NOS (K27.-)
    1. K25.0 Acute gastric ulcer with hemorrhage

    2. K25.1 Acute gastric ulcer with perforation

    3. K25.2 Acute gastric ulcer with both hemorrhage and perforation

    4. K25.3 Acute gastric ulcer without hemorrhage or perforation

    5. K25.4 Chronic or unspecified gastric ulcer with hemorrhage

    6. K25.5 Chronic or unspecified gastric ulcer with perforation

    7. K25.6 Chronic or unspecified gastric ulcer with both hemorrhage and perforation

    8. K25.7 Chronic gastric ulcer without hemorrhage or perforation

    9. K25.9 Gastric ulcer, unspecified as acute or chronic, without hemorrhage or perforation

Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.