icd 10 diagnosis code for 535.50

535.50 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of unspecified gastritis and gastroduodenitis, without mention of hemorrhage. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent. Convert 535.50 to ICD-10

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ICD-10 Equivalent of 535.50

As of October 2015, ICD-9 codes are no longer used for medical coding. Instead, use the following two equivalent ICD-10-CM codes, which are an approximate match to ICD-9 code 535.50:

Historical Information for ICD-9 Code 535.50

Billable codes are sufficient justification for admission to an acute care hospital when used a principal diagnosis.

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535.50 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of unspecified gastritis and gastroduodenitis, without mention of hemorrhage. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.

Convert 535.50 to ICD-10

The following crosswalk between ICD-9 to ICD-10 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:

Information for Patients

Your stomach is an organ between your esophagus and small intestine. It is where digestion of protein begins. The stomach has three tasks. It stores swallowed food. It mixes the food with stomach acids. Then it sends the mixture on to the small intestine.

ICD-9 Footnotes

General Equivalence Map Definitions The ICD-9 and ICD-10 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.