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K22.5
Billable

Diverticulum of esophagus, acquired

Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system

Inclusion Terms

1 item
  • Esophageal pouch, acquired

Excludes1

1 item
  • diverticulum of esophagus (congenital) (Q39.6)

Billable Code

K22.5 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.

Referenced in Diagnoses

Conditions that use this ICD-10 code in their documentation

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zenker's diverticulum
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Zenker's Diverticulum

Additional Information from Parent Codes

The following information may apply to this code from its parent codes in the ICD-10 hierarchy. This information is important for proper coding and classification.

Excludes2

9 items

From K00-K95:

  • certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
  • certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
  • complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
  • congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
  • endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
  • injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
  • neoplasms (C00-D49)
  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)

From K22:

  • esophageal varices (I85.-)
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