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ICD-10-CM Current in FY 2027

K22.3

Perforation of esophagus

Release
FY 2027
Effective

Hierarchy

Where K22.3 sits in the official hierarchy. Each level is the code it is classified under.

  1. K22 Parent Other diseases of esophagus
  2. K22.3 This code Perforation of esophagus

Official Coding Notes

Reproduced verbatim from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files. Notes labelled as inherited are declared on a parent code and apply here too.

Inclusion Terms

Rupture of esophagus

Excludes1

traumatic perforation of (thoracic) esophagus ( S27.8- )

Excludes2

esophageal varices ( I85 .-)

Inherited from K22 — Other diseases of esophagus

Version History

How K22.3 appears in each release imported from the official files, newest first.

  1. FY 2027 Effective

    Current

    Perforation of esophagus

  2. FY 2026 Effective

    Unchanged

    Perforation of esophagus

Other codes under K22

Codes whose official notes reference K22.3

Data Source

Code information on this page is derived from the FY 2027 ICD-10-CM files published by CDC NCHS and CMS.

Release
FY 2027
Effective
Source file
icd10cm-code-descriptions-2027.zip

Official ICD-10-CM source files (opens in a new tab)

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