K22.2✓ Billable

Esophageal obstruction

Inclusion Terms

  • •Compression of esophagus
  • •Constriction of esophagus
  • •Stenosis of esophagus
  • •Stricture of esophagus

✗ Excludes 1(Not coded here)

  • •congenital stenosis or stricture of esophagus (Q39.3)

Code Hierarchy

┌11Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)├K20-K31Diseases of esophagus, stomach and duodenum (K20-K31)├K22Other diseases of esophagus
└K22.2Esophageal obstruction

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