From parent levels

ChapterXIDiseases of the digestive systemOpen

Exclusions

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P00-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O99)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E90)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98)
  • neoplasms (C00-D48)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
BlockK20-K31Diseases of oesophagus, stomach and duodenumOpen

Exclusions

  • hiatus hernia (K44.-)

Modifiers

The following fourth-character subdivisions are for use with categories K25, K26, K27, K28:

.0 Acute with haemorrhage
.1 Acute with perforation
.2 Acute with both haemorrhage and perforation
.3 Acute without haemorrhage or perforation
.4 Chronic or unspecified with haemorrhage
.5 Chronic or unspecified with perforation
.6 Chronic or unspecified with both haemorrhage and perforation
.7 Chronic without haemorrhage or perforation
.9 Unspecified as acute or chronic, without haemorrhage or perforation
CategoryK22Other diseases of oesophagusOpen

Exclusions

  • oesophageal varices (I85.-)

Oesophageal obstruction

Inclusions

  • Oesophageal web (acquired)
  • Compression of oesophagus
  • Constriction of oesophagus
  • Stenosis of oesophagus
  • Stricture of oesophagus

Exclusions

  • congenital oesophageal: stenosis or stricture (Q39.3)
  • congenital oesophageal: web (Q39.4)
Parent: K22 Other diseases of oesophagus