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K26.3

Acute duodenal ulcer without hemorrhage or perforation

Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 10 never code together
K26code
Excludes1
  • peptic ulcer NOS (K27.-)K27.-
K20-K31block
Excludes2
  • hiatus hernia (K44.-)K44.-
K00-K95chapter
Excludes2
  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94

Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.

Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.

Instructional notes 5
K26code
Includes
  • erosion (acute) of duodenum
  • duodenum ulcer (peptic)
  • postpyloric ulcer (peptic)
Use additional code
  • code to identify:
  • alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)F10.-
Index entries leading here 1
  • Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative
    • duodenum, duodenal (eroded) (peptic) K26.9
Alongside this code 8 same parent — K26
Medications 2

MED-RT files conditions by MeSH, which carves the world differently from ICD-10. These are name matches on this code's description, offered as candidates — not as an assertion that they are this code.

Additional references
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Risk adjustment

Maps to no condition category in any loaded model.

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This code

Billable
yes
Code set
FY2026
Parent
K26
Block
K20-K31
Siblings
8

Present FY2024–FY2027.