ICD-11 classes
13 Diseases of the digestive system
Diseases of oesophagus
DA24 — Oesophagitis
KB81 — Oesophagitis in newborn
KB81.0 — Neonatal eosinophilic oesophagitis

ICD-11 KB81.0 — Neonatal eosinophilic oesophagitis

Eosinophilic oesophagitis is an inflammatory condition, possibly caused by food allergy, in which the wall of the oesophagus becomes filled with a large number of eosinophils. It can be confused with acid reflux disease but it can be differentiated if neonate does not respond to anti-reflux medications.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.

The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:

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