Acute gastric ulcer with hemorrhage and perforation, with obstruction
Short description: Ac stom ulc hem/perf-obs.
ICD-9-CM 531.21 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 531.21 should only be used for claims with a date of service on or before September 30, 2015. For claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015, use an equivalent ICD-10-CM code (or codes).
You are viewing the 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 531.21.
More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 531.21: 201320142015.
531.21 can be converted using the following scenario:
Scenario 1
2015/16 ICD-10-CM K25.2 Acute gastric ulcer with both hemorrhage and perforation