ICD-10 Code K25.1
Acute gastric ulcer with perforation
Valid for Submission
K25.1 is a billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of acute gastric ulcer with perforation. The code is valid for the year 2019 for the submission of HIPAA-covered transactions.
| ICD-10: | K25.1 |
| Short Description: | Acute gastric ulcer with perforation |
| Long Description: | Acute gastric ulcer with perforation |
Code Classification
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00–K93)
Code History
- FY 2016 - New Code, effective from 10/1/2015 through 9/30/2016
(first year ICD-10-CM implemented into the HIPAA mandated code set) - FY 2017 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2016 through 9/30/2017
- FY 2018 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2017 through 9/30/2018
- FY 2019 - No Change, effective from 10/1/2018 through 9/30/2019
Information for Medical Professionals
Diagnostic Related Groups
The Diagnostic Related Groups (DRGs) are a patient classification scheme which provides a means of relating the type of patients a hospital treats. The DRGs divides all possible principal diagnoses into mutually exclusive principal diagnosis areas referred to as Major Diagnostic Categories (MDC). The diagnosis code K25.1 is grouped in the following groups for version MS-DRG V36.0 applicable from 10/01/2018 through 09/30/2019.
- 380 - COMPLICATED PEPTIC ULCER WITH MCC
- 381 - COMPLICATED PEPTIC ULCER WITH CC
- 382 - COMPLICATED PEPTIC ULCER WITHOUT CC/MCC
- 383 - UNCOMPLICATED PEPTIC ULCER WITH MCC
- 384 - UNCOMPLICATED PEPTIC ULCER WITHOUT MCC
Convert K25.1 to ICD-9
The following crosswalk between ICD-10 to ICD-9 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:
- 531.10 - Ac stomach ulcer w perf (Approximate Flag)
Synonyms
The following clinical terms are approximate synonyms or lay terms that might be used to identify the correct diagnosis code:
- Acute gastric ulcer with obstruction
- Acute gastric ulcer with perforation
- Acute gastric ulcer with perforation AND obstruction
- Acute gastric ulcer with perforation but without obstruction
- Gastric ulcer with perforation AND obstruction
- Gastric ulcer with perforation but without obstruction
Index to Diseases and Injuries
The Index to Diseases and Injuries is an alphabetical listing of medical terms, with each term mapped to one or more ICD-10 code(s). The following references for the code K25.1 are found in the index:
- - Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative
- - stomach (eroded) (peptic) (round) - K25.9
- - acute - K25.3
- - with
- - perforation - K25.1
- - with
- - acute - K25.3
- - stomach (eroded) (peptic) (round) - K25.9
Information for Patients
Peptic Ulcer
Also called: Duodenal ulcer, Gastric ulcer, Stomach ulcer, Ulcer
A peptic ulcer is a sore in the lining of your stomach or your duodenum, the first part of your small intestine. A burning stomach pain is the most common symptom. The pain
- Starts between meals or during the night
- Briefly stops if you eat or take antacids
- Lasts for minutes to hours
- Comes and goes for several days or weeks
Peptic ulcers happen when the acids that help you digest food damage the walls of the stomach or duodenum. The most common cause is infection with a bacterium called Helicobacter pylori. Another cause is the long-term use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medicines (NSAIDs) such as aspirin and ibuprofen. Stress and spicy foods do not cause ulcers, but can make them worse.
To see if you have an H. pylori infection, your doctor will test your blood, breath, or stool. Your doctor also may look inside your stomach and duodenum by doing an endoscopy or x-ray.
Peptic ulcers will get worse if not treated. Treatment may include medicines to reduce stomach acids or antibiotics to kill H. pylori. Antacids and milk can't heal peptic ulcers. Not smoking and avoiding alcohol can help. You may need surgery if your ulcers don't heal.
NIH: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
- Culture - duodenal tissue (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Peptic ulcer (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Stomach acid test (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Tests for H. pylori (Medical Encyclopedia)
- Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (Medical Encyclopedia)
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ICD-10 Footnotes
General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-10 and ICD-9 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.