K26.6 — Chronic or unspecified duodenal ulcer with both hemorrhage and perforation
K26.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for chronic or unspecified duodenal ulcer with both hemorrhage and perforation. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Risk adjustment
K26.6 risk-adjusts. Under the CMS-HCC V28 model it maps to this category:
- HCC 78 Intestinal Obstruction/Perforation0.326 RAF
Coefficient shown for the Community Non-dual Aged segment. A higher HCC in the same hierarchy will suppress this one, so capturing it does not always add score.
Medicare coverage
K26.6 is named in 6 Medicare coverage policies — 6 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which of them applies to you depends on your Medicare contractor, and coverage genuinely differs by state.
- A56421Billing and Coding: CT of the Abdomen and Pelvis
- A57063Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
- A57414Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (Diagnostic and Therapeutic)
- A58801Billing and Coding: Pharmacogenomics Testing
How K26.6 is indexed
Coders do not find codes by browsing the tabular list — they look them up in the alphabetic index, under the word the physician wrote. These are the index entries that lead here, so you can see which chart wordings map to K26.6.
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative›duodenum, duodenal›with›hemorrhage›and perforation
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative›duodenum, duodenal›chronic›with›hemorrhage›and perforation
Related codes at this level
Codes that share K26. If K26.6 is not quite right, the correct code is usually one of these.
- K26.0Acute duodenal ulcer with hemorrhage
- K26.1Acute duodenal ulcer with perforation
- K26.2Acute duodenal ulcer with both hemorrhage and perforation
- K26.3Acute duodenal ulcer without hemorrhage or perforation
- K26.4Chronic or unspecified duodenal ulcer with hemorrhage
- K26.5Chronic or unspecified duodenal ulcer with perforation
- K26.7Chronic duodenal ulcer without hemorrhage or perforation
- K26.9Duodenal ulcer, unspecified as acute or chronic, without hemorrhage or perforation
Questions about K26.6
- Is K26.6 a billable ICD-10-CM code?
- Yes. K26.6 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code and is valid for submission on a claim.
- Where does K26.6 sit in the tabular list?
- Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95), in the block Diseases of esophagus, stomach and duodenum (K20-K31).