Specific code 2013 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 251.5
Abnormality of secretion of gastrin
  • Short description: Abnorm secretion gastrin.
  • ICD-9-CM 251.5 is a billable medical code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis on a reimbursement claim, however, 251.5 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 2013 version of ICD-9-CM 251.5.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 251.5: 2014 2015.
Convert to ICD-10-CM: 251.5 converts directly to:
  • 2015/16 ICD-10-CM E16.4 Increased secretion of gastrin
Approximate Synonyms
  • Hypergastrinemia
  • Increased gastrin secretion
Applies To
  • Hyperplasia of pancreatic alpha cells with gastrin excess
  • Zollinger-Ellison syndrome
ICD-9-CM Volume 2 Index entries containing back-references to 251.5:
  • Abnormal, abnormality, abnormalities - see also Anomaly
    • gastrin secretion 251.5
    • secretion
      • gastrin 251.5
      • glucagon 251.4
  • Ellison-Zollinger syndrome
    • (gastric hypersecretion with pancreatic islet cell tumor) 251.5
  • Excess, excessive, excessively
    • gastrin 251.5
  • Hyperplasia, hyperplastic
    • alpha cells (pancreatic)
      • with
        • gastrin excess 251.5
        • glucagon excess 251.4
    • islet cell (pancreatic) 251.9
      • alpha cells
        • with excess
          • gastrin 251.5
          • glucagon 251.4
      • beta cells 251.1
    • pancreatic islet cells 251.9
      • alpha
        • with excess
          • gastrin 251.5
          • glucagon 251.4
      • beta 251.1
  • Hypersecretion
    • gastrin 251.5
  • Syndrome - see also Disease
    • Ellison-Zollinger (gastric hypersecretion with pancreatic islet cell tumor) 251.5
    • Zollinger-Ellison (gastric hypersecretion with pancreatic islet cell tumor) 251.5
  • Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (gastric hypersecretion with pancreatic islet cell tumor) 251.5
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