Chronic duodenal ulcer without hemorrhage or perforation
Billable / specific
K26.7 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Includes (from K26)
- erosion (acute) of duodenum
- duodenum ulcer (peptic)
- postpyloric ulcer (peptic)
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from K26)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K26)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K26)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K26)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K26)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K26)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K26)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K26)
- hiatus hernia (K44.-) (from K26)
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, duodenum, duodenal, chronic
Parent code
- K26Duodenal ulcerHeader
Related codes
- K26.0Acute duodenal ulcer with hemorrhageBillable
- K26.1Acute duodenal ulcer with perforationBillable
- K26.2Acute duodenal ulcer with both hemorrhage and perforationBillable
- K26.3Acute duodenal ulcer without hemorrhage or perforationBillable
- K26.4Chronic or unspecified duodenal ulcer with hemorrhageBillable
- K26.5Chronic or unspecified duodenal ulcer with perforationBillable
- K26.6Chronic or unspecified duodenal ulcer with both hemorrhage and perforationBillable
- K26.9Duodenal ulcer, unspecified as acute or chronic, without hemorrhage or perforationBillable