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ICD-10/K20.81

K20.81 ICD-10-CM Code: Other esophagitis with bleeding

Billing Status: YES. This is a valid, specific, and billable ICD-10-CM reference.

Inpatient Payment Groups (MS-DRG)

MS-DRGs this diagnosis helps define, as principal or secondary, per the CMS ICD-10-CM/PCS MS-DRG Definitions Manual v43.0 (FY2026), Appendix B.

  • MS-DRG 368 — MAJOR ESOPHAGEAL DISORDERS WITH MCC (MDC 06)
  • MS-DRG 369 — MAJOR ESOPHAGEAL DISORDERS WITH CC (MDC 06)
  • MS-DRG 370 — MAJOR ESOPHAGEAL DISORDERS WITHOUT CC/MCC (MDC 06)

A diagnosis appearing in a group's logic does not by itself determine the DRG assigned to a stay; the grouper uses the full claim.

Code Set: Valid FY2026 and FY2027. FY2026 took effect October 1, 2025.

Official Registry Overview & Definition

Other esophagitis with bleeding is a billable ICD-10-CM diagnosis code (K20.81).

Official Tabular Instructional Notes

Sequencing, inclusion, and exclusion notes published for K20.81 in the official ICD-10-CM tabular list.

Excludes1 — Not Coded Here

Conditions that can never be reported with this code; the two are mutually exclusive.

  • erosion of esophagus (K22.1-)
  • esophagitis with gastro-esophageal reflux disease (K21.0-)
  • reflux esophagitis (K21.0-)
  • ulcerative esophagitis (K22.1-)

Excludes2 — Not Included Here

Conditions not covered by this code, but which may be reported alongside it when both are present.

  • eosinophilic gastritis or gastroenteritis (K52.81)
  • hiatus hernia (K44.-)

Use Additional Code

Supplementary codes the tabular list directs you to add.

  • Use additional code to identify:
  • alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)

Nearest Codes in This Family

Official ICD-10-CM classifications closest to K20.81 in its code family, with their registry titles.

  • K20 — Esophagitis
  • K20.0 — Eosinophilic esophagitis
  • K20.8 — Other esophagitis
  • K20.80 — Other esophagitis without bleeding
  • K20.9 — Esophagitis, unspecified
  • K20.90 — Esophagitis, unspecified without bleeding
  • K20.91 — Esophagitis, unspecified with bleeding

View all codes in the K20 family

Indexed Clinical Terms (1)

Clinical term phrases from the official ICD-10-CM Index to Diseases and Injuries that map to this code.

  • Esophagitis (acute) (alkaline) (chemical) (chronic) (infectional) (necrotic) (peptic) (postoperative) (without bleeding), specified NEC (without bleeding), with bleeding