K22.6

K22.6: Gastro-esophageal laceration-hemorrhage syndrome

Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM

K22.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for gastro-esophageal laceration-hemorrhage syndrome. It is valid for submission on a claim.

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Inclusion terms

Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.

Mallory-Weiss syndrome

Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K22.6

Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.

Written on K22: Other diseases of esophagus

esophageal varices (I85.-)

Risk adjustment

No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.

Medicare coverage

K22.6 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.

A56389Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Visualization
A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
A57063Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
A57414Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (Diagnostic and Therapeutic)

Alphabetic index entries that lead here

Gastroesophageal laceration- hemorrhage syndrome
Mallory-Weiss syndrome
Syndrome›Mallory-Weiss
Syndrome›gastroesophageal›laceration-hemorrhage

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.