K22.11

Ulcer of esophagus with bleeding

Billable / specific

K22.11 is a billable, specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes in FY2027.

Excludes1

Not coded here — never report together with this code.

Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.

bleeding esophageal varices (I85.01, I85.11)
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)

Sequence the underlying condition first.

poisoning due to drug or toxin, if applicable (T36-T65 with fifth or sixth character 1-4) (from K22.1)

Add a code to identify the following, if applicable.

code for adverse effect, if applicable, to identify drug (T36-T50 with fifth or sixth character 5) (from K22.1)

Barrett's, ulcer, with bleeding
Erosion, esophagus, with bleeding
Esophagitis, ulcerative, with bleeding
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, Barrett's, with bleeding
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, cardia, with bleeding
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, cardioesophageal, with bleeding
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, esophagus, with bleeding
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, esophagus, fungal, with bleeding
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, esophagus, infective, with bleeding
Ulcer, ulcerated, ulcerating, ulceration, ulcerative, peptic, esophagus, with bleeding