ICD-11 classes
13 Diseases of the digestive system
Diseases of oesophagus
DA20 — Acquired anatomical alterations of the oesophagus
DA20.0 — Oesophageal obstruction
ICD-11 DA20.0 — Oesophageal obstruction
Hindrance of the passage of luminal contents in the oesophagus. Obstruction of oesophagus can be partial or complete, and caused by intrinsic or extrinsic factors.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
It excludes 4 items.
- Congenital stenosis or stricture of oesophagus (LB12.3)
- Anatomical alteration due to gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (DA22)
- Neoplasms of the oesophagus ()
- Foreign body in oesophagus (ND73.1)
It has no clarifying diagnoses.