Oesophageal ulcer

Description

Oesophageal ulcer is tissue defect located in the oesophagus. It causes inflammatory injuries in the oesophageal mucosa, with extension beyond the submucosa into the muscularis mucosa. The oesophageal ulcer due to acidic digestive juices is classified elsewhere in gastro-oesophageal reflux disease, and excluded from here.

Excludes

DA23.2 – Barrett ulcer
DD70 – Crohn disease
http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1503334455 – Neoplasms of the oesophagus

Exclusions from above levels

01 – Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
02 – Neoplasms
05 – Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases

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06 – Mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders
18 – Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
22 – Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes

Child codes

DA25.0 – Oesophageal erosion
DA25.1 – Infectious oesophageal ulcer
DA25.2 – Oesophageal ulcer due to allergic or immunologic disorder
DA25.3 – Oesophageal ulcer due to external causes
DA25.Y – Other specified oesophageal ulcer
DA25.Z – Oesophageal ulcer, unspecified

Sibling codes

DA20 – Acquired anatomical alterations of the oesophagus
DA21 – Motility disorders of oesophagus
DA22 – Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease
DA23 – Columnar metaplastic epithelium of the oesophagus
DA24 – Oesophagitis
DA26 – Vascular disorders of the oesophagus
DA2Y – Other specified diseases of oesophagus
DA2Z – Diseases of oesophagus, unspecified

Foundation entity

Oesophageal ulcer – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1084515160

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: 13: Diseases of the digestive system