K29.0

K29.0: Acute gastritis

Non-billable headerICD-10-CM

K29.0 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for acute gastritis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.

Excludes1: never code together

These conditions cannot occur together. Billing both on the same encounter is a denial.

erosion (acute) of stomach (K25.-)

Use additional code

Add a secondary code to capture the detail described below.

code to identify:
alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)

Excludes1 inherited from the categories above K29.0

A category’s note binds every code beneath it.

Written on K29: Gastritis and duodenitis

eosinophilic gastritis or gastroenteritis (K52.81)
Zollinger-Ellison syndrome (E16.4)

Other codes that can never be billed with K29.0

Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.

K25Gastric ulcer
K92.2Gastrointestinal hemorrhage, unspecified
R58Hemorrhage, not elsewhere classified

Risk adjustment

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

Code history

Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.

Code to one of these instead K29.0

2 child codes. Green means billable.