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44.15 - Open Biopsy Of Stomach


The ICD 9 Code for Open biopsy of stomach is listed as 44.15.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 10 crosswalks / GEMS and chapter information where available.

ICD 9 CM Volume 3 (PCS) Field Value
Procedure Code: 44.15
Description: Open biopsy of stomach
Short Description: Open gastric biopsy
Chapter: Operations on the digestive system
Subsection 1: Other operations on stomach
ICD-10-PCS General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS):
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0D960ZX - Drainage of Stomach, Open Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD 10 PCS Code: 0DB60ZX - Excision of Stomach, Open Approach, Diagnostic (approximate)
ICD-9-CM Volume 3 (PCS) Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of 44.15:
44.11 - Transabdominal gastroscopy
44.12 - Gastroscopy through artificial stoma
44.13 - Other gastroscopy
44.14 - Closed [endoscopic] biopsy of stomach
44.19 - Other diagnostic procedures on stomach