I86.4 is the authoritative medical code for Gastric varices. This classification is used in medical billing and clinical recording to specify the clinical criteria for gastric varices (ICD-10-CM I86.4), ensuring healthcare documentation aligns with 2026 federal coding standards.
Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.
Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for I86.4 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.
Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.
Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.
Per Excludes1 instructions, I86.4 must not be reported with: varicose veins of unspecified site (I83.9-).
Per Excludes2 instructions, I86.4 and the following may both be reported when both are present: retinal varices (H35.0-).
Official ICD-10-CM classifications in the same code family as I86.4, with their registry titles.
Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.
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