251.5 is a billable ICD-9-CM medical code that can be used to specify a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim.
Diagnosis Definition(s)
triad comprising intractable, sometimes fulminating atypical ulcers, extremely elevated gastic acidity, and gastrin secreting non beta islet cell tumors.
A disorder in which tumors of the pancreatic islet cells produce large amounts of gastrin (a hormone), leading to excess acid in the stomach and, possibly, a peptic ulcer (ulcer of the stomach or the upper part of the small intestine).
Also applicable to/known as
Hyperplasia of pancreatic alpha cells with gastrin excess
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index Entries That Refer To 251.5
Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities - see also Anomaly
gastrin secretion 251.5
secretion
gastrin 251.5
Ellison-Zollinger syndrome
(gastric hypersecretion with pancreatic islet cell tumor) 251.5
2010 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 251.5
251.5
