Digestive

DC 7314

Chronic biliary tract disease

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Diagnostic Code
7314
CFR Section
§4.114 — Digestive

Rating Tiers

30%

With three or more clinically documented attacks of upper quadrant pain with nausea and vomiting during the past 12 months; or requiring dilatation of biliary tract strictures at least once during the past 12 months.

10%

With one or two clinically documented attacks of upper quadrant pain with nausea and vomiting in the past 12 months.

0%

Asymptomatic, without history of a clinically documented attack of upper quadrant pain with nausea and vomiting in the past 12 months.

What Raters Look For

Based on M21-1 adjudication criteria for Digestive conditions. These are the factors a VA rater evaluates when assigning a rating percentage.

M21-1 III.iv.4.D
  • •Weight loss — documented weight changes in treatment records
  • •Frequency and severity of symptoms: pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea
  • •Dietary restrictions required due to the condition
  • •Need for surgical intervention, feeding tubes, or colostomy
  • •Imaging and endoscopy findings (scope reports, biopsy results)
  • •Hepatic function if liver disease is involved: bilirubin, albumin, INR, Child-Pugh score