K31.A15 — Gastric intestinal metaplasia without dysplasia, involving multiple sites
Is K31.A15 billable?
Yes — K31.A15 is billable for FY2027. K31.A15 is a valid, billable ICD-10-CM code at the highest level of specificity in its branch. K31.A15 may be submitted for encounters from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027.
K31.A15 at a glance
| Code | K31.A15 |
|---|---|
| Description | Gastric intestinal metaplasia without dysplasia, involving multiple sites |
| Billable | Yes |
| Code set | ICD-10-CM FY2027 |
| Valid for encounters | October 1, 2026 – September 30, 2027 |
Which MS-DRGs does K31.A15 group to?
K31.A15 sits in MDC 06 and helps define the logic of 2 MS-DRGs (version 44, FY2027). Which one a stay actually groups to also depends on procedures and secondary diagnoses.
- 391Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders with MCCmedical
- 392Esophagitis, Gastroenteritis and Miscellaneous Digestive Disorders without MCCmedical
How is K31.A15 listed in the Alphabetic Index?
These are the routes through the Alphabetic Index that lead to K31.A15. They show the wording a clinician may have documented, which often differs from the Tabular description.
- Metaplasia › gastric intestinal › without dysplasia › involving › multiple sites
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from Chapter 11
The conditions below are not part of K31.A15, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K31.A15 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from K20-K31
The conditions below are not part of K31.A15, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K31.A15 and the excluded code may both be reported.
- hiatus hernia (K44.-)
Excludes2 — not included here — inherited from K31
The conditions below are not part of K31.A15, but a patient may have both at the same time. When documentation supports it, K31.A15 and the excluded code may both be reported.
How long has K31.A15 existed?
K31.A15 first appears in FY2022.
Derived from the official order files for FY2016–FY2026. FY2017 and FY2020 publish no order file, so those years are not covered.
What other codes are in the K31.A1 family? (5)
- K31.A11Gastric intestinal metaplasia without dysplasia, involving the antrum
- K31.A12Gastric intestinal metaplasia without dysplasia, involving the body (corpus)
- K31.A13Gastric intestinal metaplasia without dysplasia, involving the fundus
- K31.A14Gastric intestinal metaplasia without dysplasia, involving the cardia
- K31.A19Gastric intestinal metaplasia without dysplasia, unspecified site