K22.89
K22.89: Other specified disease of esophagus
Billable / specific codeICD-10-CM
K22.89 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code for other specified disease of esophagus. It is valid for submission on a claim.
Check K22.89 with the rest of the claim: free scrubberInclusion terms
Alternative wordings a physician may use in the chart for this same code.
- Hemorrhage of esophagus NOS
Excludes2 inherited from the categories above K22.89
Not part of this code, but both may be coded when both are present.
Written on K22.8: Other specified diseases of esophagus
Risk adjustment
No CMS-HCC V28 category: this code does not change a RAF score.
Medicare coverage
K22.89 is named in 4 Medicare coverage policies: 4 listing it as supporting medical necessity. Which one applies depends on your Medicare contractor.
- A56389Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy and Visualization
- A56580Billing and Coding: Computerized Axial Tomography (CT), Thorax
- A57063Billing and Coding: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
- A57414Billing and Coding: Upper Gastrointestinal Endoscopy (Diagnostic and Therapeutic)
Alphabetic index entries that lead here
- Esophagomalacia
- Presbyesophagus
- Ampulla›lower esophagus
- Ampulla›phrenic
- Atonia, atony, atonic›esophagus
- Cyst›esophagus
- Deviation›esophagus(acquired)
- Dieulafoy lesion›esophagus
- Dilatation›esophagus
- Displacement, displaced›esophagus(acquired)
- Fistula›esophagocutaneous
- Fistula›esophagus
Code history
Unchanged in every release from FY2024 to FY2027.