K22.2: Oesophageal obstruction
Your gullet is obstructed.
The oesophagus or gullet connects the mouth with the stomach. It is a muscular tube. The muscles in the oesophagus move food into the stomach.
If your gullet is obstructed, you can no longer swallow solid foods. Sometimes it may even be that you are also no longer able to swallow drinks or your own saliva. You may feel as though you have a lump in your throat. Pressure or pain in your neck or ribcage may also occur.
There are many reasons for an obstructed gullet. One reason can be that the gullet is being quite severely squeezed from the outside by other organs or scars in the ribcage. Or the muscles of the gullet contract so hard that nothing else passes through it. In some cases, new tissue grows in the gullet. That can be benign or malignant. The new tissue can completely obstruct the gullet. Sometimes scars form in the gullet after it has been damaged. The scars can make the gullet impermeable.
Additional indicator
On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.
- G: Confirmed diagnosis
- V: Tentative diagnosis
- Z: Condition after
- A: Excluded diagnosis
- L: Left
- R: Right
- B: Both sides
Further information
Note
This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.
Source
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