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K29.5

Non-billable

Unspecified chronic gastritis

Unspecified chronic gastritis

This is a header/category code. For billing purposes, use a more specific child code from the list below.

Status

Non-billable / Header

Block

K20-K31

Parent Code

K29

Child Codes

2

Coding Notes

Inclusion Terms

Alternative clinical terms for this condition

  • Chronic antral gastritis
  • Chronic fundal gastritis

Excludes 1

Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)

  • eosinophilic gastritis or gastroenteritis (K52.81)
  • Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (E16.4)

Excludes 2

Conditions not included here, but the patient may have both

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
  • hiatus hernia (K44.-)

Child Codes (2)

K29.50

Unspecified chronic gastritis without bleeding

BillableK29.51

Unspecified chronic gastritis with bleeding

Billable

Also Known As / Clinical Terms

UMLS

Frequently Asked Questions

What is ICD-10 code K29.5?

ICD-10-CM code K29.5 represents "Unspecified chronic gastritis". It is a non-billable header code — use a more specific child code for billing purposes.

Is K29.5 a billable code?

No, K29.5 is a non-billable header code. You need to use one of its more specific child codes for billing. There are 2 child codes under K29.5.

What chapter is K29.5 in?

K29.5 is in Chapter 11: Diseases of the Digestive System (codes K00-K95).

What codes cannot be used with K29.5?

K29.5 has Excludes1 notes indicating codes that cannot be used together with it, including: eosinophilic gastritis or gastroenteritis (K52.81); Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (E16.4).

What are the subcategories under K29.5?

K29.5 has 2 child codes, including: K29.50 (Unspecified chronic gastritis without bleeding), K29.51 (Unspecified chronic gastritis with bleeding).

What are the UMLS CUIs for K29.5?

K29.5 is linked to 3 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C0085695, C0267146, C2887667. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

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Includes SNOMED Clinical Terms® (SNOMED CT®) used by permission of SNOMED International. Includes content from the UMLS Metathesaurus, courtesy of the U.S. National Library of Medicine.