K22
Other diseases of esophagus
Not billable — category only FY2026 2025-10-01 → 2026-09-30
Exclusions 10 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
Excludes2 — not included here, but the patient may have both. Code both when documented.
Instructional notes
No further instructional notes apply.
Index entries leading here filed at null
No alphabetic index entry points at this code.
Subordinate codes 10
K22.0 Achalasia of cardia K22.1 Ulcer of esophagus K22.2 Esophageal obstruction 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 K22.8 Other specified diseases of esophagus K22.9 Disease of esophagus, unspecified
Additional references
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