A capsule medical apparatus includes a tissue obtaining unit that obtains a tissue from a body site of a subject a detecting unit that detects a state of the tissue obtaining unit that varies depending on whether the tissue obtaining unit succeeds in obtaining a tissue an output unit that outputs information representing whether the tissue obtaining unit succeeds in obtaining a tissue and a control unit that determines whether the tissue obtaining unit succeeds in obtaining a tissue based on the state of the tissue obtaining unit, which is detected by the detecting unit, and causes the output unit to output the information representing whether the tissue obtaining unit succeeds in obtaining a tissue.