K21.01
K21.01: Gastro-esophageal reflux disease with esophagitis, with bleeding
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
K21.01 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for gastro-esophageal reflux disease with esophagitis, with bleeding. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check K21.01 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberRisk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
K21.01 is named in 15 Medicare coverage policies: 11 listing it as supporting medical necessity, and 4 listing it as NOT covered. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A59015Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Testing for Detection of Upper Gastrointestinal Metaplasia, Dysplasia, and Neoplasianot covered
- A59032Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Testing for Detection of Upper Gastrointestinal Metaplasia, Dysplasia, and Neoplasianot covered
- A59051Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Testing for Detection of Upper Gastrointestinal Metaplasia, Dysplasia, and Neoplasianot covered
- A59121Billing and Coding: MolDX: Molecular Testing for Detection of Upper Gastrointestinal Metaplasia, Dysplasia, and Neoplasianot covered
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Esophagitis›due to gastrointestinal reflux disease›with bleeding
- Esophagitis›reflux›with bleeding
- Disease, diseased›gastroesophageal reflux›with esophagitis›with bleeding
- Reflux›esophageal›with esophagitis›with bleeding
- Reflux›gastroesophageal›with esophagitis›with bleeding
- Allergy, allergic›milk protein›gastroesophageal reflux›with esophagitis›with bleeding
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative›esophagus›due to›gastrointestinal reflux disease›with bleeding
The condition this code belongs to
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.