K29.5
K29.5: Unspecified chronic gastritis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
K29.5 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for unspecified chronic gastritis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Inclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Chronic antral gastritis
- Chronic fundal gastritis
Other codes that can never be billed with K29.5
Their own Excludes1 notes name this code, so the conflict is not listed above.
- K92.2Gastrointestinal hemorrhage, unspecified
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 K29.5
2 child codes. Green means billable.