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AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2018 Issue 3; Ask the Editor
Hematemesis due to Ulcerative Esophagitis and Duodenitis
A patient presents with coffee ground hematemesis and has esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) performed. The provider’s final diagnostic statement lists, “Acute upper gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage, ulcerative esophagitis, and duodenitis.” Is it appropriate to assign combination codes for ulcerative esophagitis with bleeding and duodenitis with bleeding, to capture multiple bleeding sites?
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