If an esophageal biopsy was taken for pathology review and diagnosed with "gastric mucosa with active inflammation" or "inflammatory gastric mucosa," what would be more appropriate to code:
530.10 Esophagitis, Unspecified
535.50 Unspecified gastritis and gastroduodenitis
My initial thought it to code the unspecified inflammation to the site of biopsy, esophagus, but since it states gastric mucosa, that leads me to believe I should code to gastric.
Thank you in advance.
530.10 Esophagitis, Unspecified
535.50 Unspecified gastritis and gastroduodenitis
My initial thought it to code the unspecified inflammation to the site of biopsy, esophagus, but since it states gastric mucosa, that leads me to believe I should code to gastric.
Thank you in advance.