Acute erosion of the duodenum with bleeding is coded as which ICD-10-CM code?

Acute erosion of the duodenum with bleeding is coded as which ICD-10-CM code?

• A. K26.2
• B. K25.0
• C. K27.0
• D. K26.0

Answer: (D)

Acute duodenal injury described as erosion aligns with an acute duodenal ulcer in ICD-10-CM. The duodenum has its own family of codes under K26, and the acute form is K26.0. When documentation specifies acute erosion or ulceration of the duodenum (and bleeding is noted, which is a vascular complication that can be captured with the same category), the appropriate single-code choice is the duodenal ulcer, acute. The other options don’t fit: a gastric ulcer code would be for the stomach, not the duodenum; duodenitis refers to inflammation rather than an ulcer/erosion; and the specific chronic or other duodenal conditions don’t match the acute erosion description.

Acute duodenal injury described as erosion aligns with an acute duodenal ulcer in ICD-10-CM. The duodenum has its own family of codes under K26, and the acute form is K26.0. When documentation specifies acute erosion or ulceration of the duodenum (and bleeding is noted, which is a vascular complication that can be captured with the same category), the appropriate single-code choice is the duodenal ulcer, acute.

The other options don’t fit: a gastric ulcer code would be for the stomach, not the duodenum; duodenitis refers to inflammation rather than an ulcer/erosion; and the specific chronic or other duodenal conditions don’t match the acute erosion description.