K26.6Dagger codeAsterisk code

Duodenal ulcer, chronic or unspecified with both haemorrhage and perforation

Duodenal ulcer

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GuidelinesPeptic UlcerDescription General Measures Medicine Treatment Referral ICD-10 code: K25.0-7/K25.9/K26.0-7/K26.9/K27.0-7/K27.9 DESCRIPTION Ulcer in the stomach mucosa (gastric ulcer: GU) or first few centimetres of the duodenum (duodenal ulcer: DU), which penetrates into, or through the muscularis mucosa. Diagnosis is made after endoscopy as all GUs require biopsy to exclude malignancy. General Measures A