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K22.2
Billable

Esophageal obstruction

Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system

Inclusion Terms

4 items
  • Compression of esophagus
  • Constriction of esophagus
  • Stenosis of esophagus
  • Stricture of esophagus

Excludes1

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

Billable Code

K22.2 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

View documentation for esophageal dysphagia
esophageal dysphagia
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Esophageal Dysphagia

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esophageal obstruction
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Esophageal Obstruction

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esophageal stenosis
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Esophageal Stenosis

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esophageal stricture
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Esophageal Stricture

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food bolus
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Esophageal Food Bolus Impaction

View documentation for stricture and stenosis of esophagus
stricture and stenosis of esophagus
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Stricture and Stenosis of Esophagus

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stricture of esophagus
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Esophageal Stricture

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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