Catalog

Acute peptic ulcer, site unspecified, with obstruction

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Acute peptic ulcer, site unspecified, with obstruction – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1999922206

This is an acute ulcer of an area of the gastrointestinal tract that is usually acidic and thus extremely painful and is a mucosal erosions equal to or greater than 0.5 cm, in an unspecified site with obstruction.