K22.2
Esophageal obstruction
Billable FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 11 never code together
K00-K95chapter
Excludes2
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)P04-P96
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)A00-B99
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)O00-O9A
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)Q00-Q99
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)E00-E88
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)S00-T88
- neoplasms (C00-D49)C00-D49
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)R00-R94
Excludes1 — never code together. The excluded condition and this one are mutually exclusive.
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes 4
K22.2code
Inclusion terms
- Compression of esophagus
- Constriction of esophagus
- Stenosis of esophagus
- Stricture of esophagus
Index entries leading here 9
- Obstruction, obstructed, obstructive
- Stricture — see also Stenosis
- Stenosis, stenotic (cicatricial) — see also Stricture
- Cicatrix (adherent) (contracted) (painful) (vicious) L90.5
- esophagus K22.2
- Compression
- esophagus K22.2
- Constriction — see also Stricture
- esophagus K22.2
- Ring (s)
- Esophagostenosis K22.2
- Schatzki's ring (acquired) (esophagus) (lower) K22.2
Alongside this code 9 same parent — K22
K22.0 Achalasia of cardia K22.1 Ulcer of esophagus category K22.3 Perforation of esophagus K22.4 Dyskinesia of esophagus K22.5 Diverticulum of esophagus, acquired K22.6 Gastro-esophageal laceration-hemorrhage syndrome K22.7 Barrett's esophagus category K22.8 Other specified diseases of esophagus category K22.9 Disease of esophagus, unspecified
Additional references
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Official coding advice for this code. Published by the American Hospital Association. Not included in this installation.