ICD-11 classes
13 Diseases of the digestive system
Diseases of oesophagus
DA20 — Acquired anatomical alterations of the oesophagus
DA20.3 — Perforation of oesophagus
DA20.30 — Spontaneous rupture of oesophagus
ICD-11 DA20.30 — Spontaneous rupture of oesophagus
Spontaneous perforation of the oesophageal wall. This most commonly results from a sudden increase in intraoesophageal pressure combined with relatively negative intrathoracic pressure caused by straining or vomiting. This is known as effort rupture of the oesophagus or Boerhaave's syndrome.
It includes 1 item.
- Rupture of oesophagus
It excludes 3 items.
- traumatic perforation of (thoracic) oesophagus (NB32)
- Mallory-Weiss syndrome (DA26.3)
- Perforation due to malignant neoplasm ()
It has no clarifying diagnoses.