K29.6
Non-billableOther gastritis
Other gastritis
This is a header/category code. For billing purposes, use a more specific child code from the list below.
Coding Notes
Inclusion Terms
Alternative clinical terms for this condition
- Giant hypertrophic gastritis
- Granulomatous gastritis
- Ménétrier's disease
Excludes 1
Codes that cannot be used together with this code (mutual exclusion)
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)
Also Known As / Clinical Terms
UMLS
- Adenopapillomatosis gastricaC0017155
- Chronic hypertrophic gastritisC0017155
- Disease, MenetrierC0017155
- Disease, Menetrier'sC0017155
- Gastric hyperplasiaC0017155
- Gastric mucosal hyperplasiaC0017155
- Gastric mucosal hypertrophyC0017155
- Gastritis hypertrophicC0017155
- Gastritis hypertrophic giganticaC0017155
- Gastritis hypertrophica giganteaC0017155
- Gastritis hypertrophica giganticaC0017155
- Gastritis, Giant HypertrophicC0017155
- Gastritis, HypertrophicC0017155
- Giant Hypertrophic GastritisC0017155
- Giant hypertrophic gastritisC0017155
- Giant rugal gastritisC0017155
- Giant rugal hypertrophyC0017155
- Giant rugal hypertrophy of stomachC0017155
- Hyperplastic gastropathyC0017155
- Hyperplastic gastropathy of mucous cell typeC0017155
- Hypertrophic GastritisC0017155
- Hypertrophic Gastritis, GiantC0017155
- Hypertrophic bulbous gastritisC0017155
- Hypertrophic gastritisC0017155
- Hypertrophic gastritis (disorder)C0017155
- Hypertrophic gastropathyC0017155
- Hypertrophic gastropathy (disorder)C0017155
- Hypertrophic proliferative gastritisC0017155
- MENETRIER DISC0017155
- MENETRIER DISEASEC0017155
- Massive hypertrophic gastritisC0017155
- Menetrier DiseaseC0017155
- Menetrier diseaseC0017155
- Menetrier's DiseaseC0017155
- Menetrier's diseaseC0017155
- Menetriers DiseaseC0017155
- Ménétrier DiseaseC0017155
- Ménétrier's diseaseC0017155
- Polypoid swelling of gastric mucous membraneC0017155
- Proliferative chronic hypertrophic gastritisC0017155
- disease menetrierC0017155
- disease menetriersC0017155
- gastric mucosal hypertrophyC0017155
- gastritis hypertrophicC0017155
- giant hypertrophic gastritisC0017155
- hyperplastic gastropathyC0017155
- hypertrophic gastritisC0017155
- hypertrophic gastropathyC0017155
- menetrier diseaseC0017155
- menetrier's diseaseC0017155
- Granulomatous GastritisC1112577
- Granulomatous gastritisC1112577
- Other gastritisC0348730
Frequently Asked Questions
What is ICD-10 code K29.6?
ICD-10-CM code K29.6 represents "Other gastritis". It is a non-billable header code — use a more specific child code for billing purposes.
Is K29.6 a billable code?
No, K29.6 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 K29.6.
What chapter is K29.6 in?
K29.6 is in Chapter 11: Diseases of the Digestive System (codes K00-K95).
What codes cannot be used with K29.6?
K29.6 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 K29.6?
K29.6 has 2 child codes, including: K29.60 (Other gastritis without bleeding), K29.61 (Other gastritis with bleeding).
What are the UMLS CUIs for K29.6?
K29.6 is linked to 3 UMLS Concept Unique Identifiers: C0017155, C1112577, C0348730. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.
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