Excludes2

  • hiatus hernia (K44.-)
  1. K27 Peptic ulcer, site unspecified

    1. K27.0 Acute peptic ulcer, site unspecified, with hemorrhage

    2. K27.1 Acute peptic ulcer, site unspecified, with perforation

    3. K27.2 Acute peptic ulcer, site unspecified, with both hemorrhage and perforation

    4. K27.3 Acute peptic ulcer, site unspecified, without hemorrhage or perforation

    5. K27.4 Chronic or unspecified peptic ulcer, site unspecified, with hemorrhage

    6. K27.5 Chronic or unspecified peptic ulcer, site unspecified, with perforation

    7. K27.6 Chronic or unspecified peptic ulcer, site unspecified, with both hemorrhage and perforation

    8. K27.7 Chronic peptic ulcer, site unspecified, without hemorrhage or perforation

    9. K27.9 Peptic ulcer, site unspecified, 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.