Acute gastric ulcer with both hemorrhage and perforation

Acute gastric ulcer with both hemorrhage and perforation

• A. K25.2
• B. K25.3
• C. K24.9
• D. K26.0

Answer: (A)

The main idea is to match the code to an acute gastric ulcer that has both complications present. The correct code explicitly specifies an acute gastric ulcer with both hemorrhage and perforation, which exactly describes the scenario. In ICD-10-CM, that combination is encoded separately from ulcers with only one complication or from chronic or non-specific gastric ulcers. The other options either refer to a different complication pattern (such as perforation or hemorrhage alone), describe a chronic or non-specific gastric ulcer, or point to a duodenal ulcer rather than a gastric one. Therefore, the code for an acute gastric ulcer with both hemorrhage and perforation best fits the clinical description.

The main idea is to match the code to an acute gastric ulcer that has both complications present. The correct code explicitly specifies an acute gastric ulcer with both hemorrhage and perforation, which exactly describes the scenario. In ICD-10-CM, that combination is encoded separately from ulcers with only one complication or from chronic or non-specific gastric ulcers. The other options either refer to a different complication pattern (such as perforation or hemorrhage alone), describe a chronic or non-specific gastric ulcer, or point to a duodenal ulcer rather than a gastric one. Therefore, the code for an acute gastric ulcer with both hemorrhage and perforation best fits the clinical description.