ICD-10-CM › K00-K95 › K20-K31 › K27 Peptic ulcer, site unspecified › K27.9
Peptic ulcer, site unspecified, unspecified as acute or chronic, without hemorrhage or perforation
ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.
Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.
What has happened to this code
Every change the publisher made, from 2007 to now. Entries marked draft are from the pre-implementation releases: ICD-10 took effect on 1 October 2015, so nothing before FY2016 was ever valid on a claim.
- FY2007 Added to the draft code set draft Peptic ulcer, site unspecified, unspecified as acute or chronic, without hemorrhage or perforation
Official coding rules
Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.
Inherited from K27 Peptic ulcer, site unspecified
Excludes1 - never coded here
- peptic ulcer of newborn (P78.82)
Use additional code
- code to identify:
- alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)
Includes
- gastroduodenal ulcer NOS
- peptic ulcer NOS
Inherited from the K20-K31 section Diseases of esophagus, stomach and duodenum (K20-K31)
Excludes2 - not included here
- hiatus hernia (K44.-)
How CDC's index refers to this code
Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.
- Syndrome > peptic ulcer
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > stress
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > gastroduodenal
- Lesion > peptic
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative > peptic
Codes in the same group
| Code | Description | Status |
|---|---|---|
| K27.0 | Acute peptic ulcer, site unspecified, with hemorrhage | Valid |
| K27.1 | Acute peptic ulcer, site unspecified, with perforation | Valid |
| K27.2 | Acute peptic ulcer, site unspecified, with both hemorrhage and perforation | Valid |
| K27.3 | Acute peptic ulcer, site unspecified, without hemorrhage or perforation | Valid |
| K27.4 | Chronic or unspecified peptic ulcer, site unspecified, with hemorrhage | Valid |
| K27.5 | Chronic or unspecified peptic ulcer, site unspecified, with perforation | Valid |
| K27.6 | Chronic or unspecified peptic ulcer, site unspecified, with both hemorrhage and perforation | Valid |
| K27.7 | Chronic peptic ulcer, site unspecified, without hemorrhage or perforation | Valid |