kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Code

K23

Disorders of esophagus in diseases classified elsewhere

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Hierarchy

  • K00-K95 Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)
    • K20-K31 Diseases of esophagus, stomach and duodenum (K20-K31)
      • K20 Esophagitis
      • K21 Gastro-esophageal reflux disease
      • K22 Other diseases of esophagus
      • K23 Disorders of esophagus in diseases classified elsewhere
      • K25 Gastric ulcer
      • K26 Duodenal ulcer
      • K27 Peptic ulcer, site unspecified
      • K28 Gastrojejunal ulcer
      • K29 Gastritis and duodenitis
      • K30 Functional dyspepsia
      • K31 Other diseases of stomach and duodenum

Code First

K23

  • underlying disease, such as:
  • congenital syphilis (A50.5)
    • A50.5 Other late congenital syphilis, symptomatic

Excludes 1

K23

  • late syphilis (A52.79)
    • A52.79 Other symptomatic late syphilis
  • megaesophagus due to Chagas' disease (B57.31)
    • B57.31 Megaesophagus in Chagas' disease
  • tuberculosis (A18.83)
    • A18.83 Tuberculosis of digestive tract organs, not elsewhere classified

Excludes 2

K20-K31

  • hiatus hernia (K44.-)
    • K44 Diaphragmatic hernia

K00-K95

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

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