Ulcer of esophagus without bleeding
Billable / specific
K22.10 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Ulcer of esophagus NOS
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from K22)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K22)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K22)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K22)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K22)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K22)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K22)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K22)
- hiatus hernia (K44.-) (from K22)
- esophageal varices (I85.-) (from K22)
Code first
Sequence the underlying condition first.
Use additional code
Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.
Also known as
- Ulcer of esophagus NOS
- Barrett's, ulcer
- Barrett's, ulcer, without bleeding
- Erosion, esophagus
- Esophagitis, ulcerative
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, Barrett's
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, cardia
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, cardioesophageal
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, esophagus
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, esophagus, due to aspirin
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, esophagus, due to ingestion of chemical or medicament
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, esophagus, fungal
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, esophagus, infective
- Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, peptic, esophagus