K20.8
K20.8: Other esophagitis
Non-billable headerICD-10-CM
K20.8 is a non-billable header ICD-10-CM code for other esophagitis. It cannot be billed on its own: choose one of the more specific child codes below.
Excludes1 inherited from the categories above K20.8
A category’s note binds every code beneath it.
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K20.8
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.
Code to one of these instead K20.8
2 child codes. Green means billable.