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Understand Ulcer Coding With This Scenario

Published on Tue Oct 25, 2022

Question: Our gastroenterologist saw a 66-year-old patient who complained of severe stomach pain and frequent black stools. The diagnosis was acute gastric ulcer with hemorrhage. How would I code that? Oregon Subscriber Answer: To find the most appropriate code, take a close look at the K25 (Gastric ulcer) section of ICD-10. You’ll see that code set includes acute erosion of [...]
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