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K22.81

Esophageal polyp

ValidICD-10-CM diagnosis code.

Valid for claims with a date of service in the current code year.

Valid FY2022 onwards.

What has happened to this code

Every change the publisher made, from 2022 to now.

  1. FY2022 Added to the code set Esophageal polyp

Official coding rules

Published by CDC for FY2027. A rule attached to a category binds every code beneath it, so the rules inherited from this code's ancestors are shown with the code they come from.

Inherited from K22 Other diseases of esophagus

Excludes2 - not included here

  • esophageal varices (I85.-)

Inherited from the K20-K31 section Diseases of esophagus, stomach and duodenum (K20-K31)

Excludes2 - not included here

  • hiatus hernia (K44.-)

How CDC's index refers to this code

Wording from the official alphabetic index. Much of it appears nowhere in the code description, which is why a search for the everyday phrase so often finds nothing.

Codes in the same group

CodeDescriptionStatus
K22.82 Esophagogastric junction polyp Valid
K22.89 Other specified disease of esophagus Valid