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2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K20.8
2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K20.8
Other esophagitis
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 - Converted to Parent Code 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
- K20.8 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
- The 2023 edition of ICD-10-CM K20.8 became effective on October 1, 2022.
- This is the American ICD-10-CM version of K20.8 - other international versions of ICD-10 K20.8 may differ.
The following code(s) above
K20.8 contain annotation back-references
Annotation Back-References
In this context, annotation back-references refer to codes that contain:
- Applicable To annotations, or
- Code Also annotations, or
- Code First annotations, or
- Excludes1 annotations, or
- Excludes2 annotations, or
- Includes annotations, or
- Note annotations, or
- Use Additional annotations
that may be applicable to
K20.8:
- K00-K95
2023 ICD-10-CM Range K00-K95
Diseases of the digestive systemType 2 Excludes- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
- neoplasms (C00-D49)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)
- K20-K31
2023 ICD-10-CM Range K20-K31
Diseases of esophagus, stomach and duodenum
- K20
ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code K20
Esophagitis
2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code
Type 1 Excludes- erosion of esophagus (K22.1-)
- esophagitis with gastro-esophageal reflux disease (K21.0-)
- reflux esophagitis (K21.0-)
- ulcerative esophagitis (K22.1-)
Type 2 Excludes- eosinophilic gastritis or gastroenteritis (K52.81)
Use Additional- code to identify:
- alcohol abuse and dependence (F10.-)
- Abscess of esophagus
- Corrosion of esophagus
- Esophageal abscess
- Esophageal herpes simplex infection
- Esophagitis due to chemotherapy
- Esophagitis due to corrosive agent
- Esophagitis due to radiation therapy
- Herpes simplex esophagitis
- Radiation esophagitis
Code History
- 2016 (effective 10/1/2015): New code (first year of non-draft ICD-10-CM)
- 2017 (effective 10/1/2016): No change
- 2018 (effective 10/1/2017): No change
- 2019 (effective 10/1/2018): No change
- 2020 (effective 10/1/2019): No change
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): Deleted code
- 2021 (effective 10/1/2020): New code
- 2022 (effective 10/1/2021): No change
- 2023 (effective 10/1/2022): No change
ICD-10-CM Codes Adjacent To K20.8
K14.2 Median rhomboid glossitis
K14.3 Hypertrophy of tongue papillae
K14.4 Atrophy of tongue papillae
K14.8 Other diseases of tongue
K14.9 Disease of tongue, unspecified
K20.0 Eosinophilic esophagitis
K20.8
Other esophagitis
K20.9 Esophagitis, unspecified
K21 Gastro-esophageal reflux disease
K21.0 Gastro-esophageal reflux disease with esophagitis
K21.9 Gastro-esophageal reflux disease without esophagitis
Reimbursement claims with a date of service on or after October 1, 2015 require the use of ICD-10-CM codes.
