We also need to use an additional code for the cause (index by infection, Helicobacter pylori), which is the infection most often responsible for gastric ulcers. (Category 041 codes are used as additional diagnosis codes and not as the principal diagnosis. Notice the note listed just under cat...
infection, unspecified, tubercle bacilli not found by bacteriological or histological 01096 Y examination but tuberculosis confirmed by other methods [inocula 011 N ● *Pulmonary tuberculosis 0110 N ● *Tuberculosis of lung, infiltrative 01100 Y Tuberculosis of lung, infiltrative, unspecified 01101 Y ...
unspecified site A499 Bacterial infection, unspecified A5216 Charcot's arthropathy (tabetic) A5217 General paresis A523 Neurosyphilis, unspecified A528 Late syphilis, latent A530 Latent syphilis, unspecified as early or late A539 Syphilis, unspecified A5900 Urogenital trichomoniasis, unspecified A599 ...
influenzae infect NOS 0416 Proteus infection NOS 0417 Pseudomonas infect NOS 04181 Mycoplasma www.ahd.com 04182 Bacteroides fragilis 04183 Clostridium perfringens 04184 Other anaerobes 04185 Oth gram negatv bacteria 04186 Helicobacter pylori 04189 Oth specf bacteria 0419 Bacterial infection NOS 042 Human ...