K22.3Billable
Perforation of esophagus
Chapter 11: Diseases of the digestive system
Inclusion Terms
1 item
Inclusion Terms
- •Rupture of esophagus
Excludes1
1 item
Excludes1
- •traumatic perforation of (thoracic) esophagus (S27.8-)
Billable Code
K22.3 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 perforation
esophageal perforation
View TemplatesEsophageal Perforation
View documentation for esophageal stricture
esophageal stricture
View TemplatesEsophageal 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.
Parent Codes Referenced:
Excludes2
9 items
Excludes2
From K00-K95:
- •certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- •certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- •
- •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)