ICD-11 classes
13 Diseases of the digestive system
Diseases of oesophagus
DA24 — Oesophagitis
DA24.0 — Infectious oesophagitis
DA24.00 — Oesophageal phlegmon
ICD-11 DA24.00 — Oesophageal phlegmon
A spreading diffuse inflammatory process with formation of suppurative/purulent exudate or pus in the oesophageal wall. It often develops to a defined pocket of pus, oesophageal abscess. This is mainly due to the result of acute inflammation by bacterial infection.
It includes 1 item.
- Abscess of oesophagus
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.