ICD-11 classes
13 Diseases of the digestive system
Diseases of oesophagus
LB12 — Structural developmental anomalies of oesophagus
LB12.3 — Congenital stenosis or stricture of oesophagus
ICD-11 LB12.3 — Congenital stenosis or stricture of oesophagus
A form of incomplete oesophageal obstruction due to a developmental defect of the primitive foregut. Abnormal narrowing of the oesophagus occurs most often at the junction of the middle and lower thirds. Clinical manifestations, apparent 2 to 3 weeks after birth, include dysphagia and progressive vomiting.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: