T18.12 - Food in esophagus
The ICD 10 Code for Food in esophagus is listed as T18.12.
Additional information concerning this code and description can be found below including ICD 9 crosswalks / GEMS, chapter information, and DRGs where available.
| ICD 10 CM Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Diagnosis Code: | T18.12
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| Description: | Food in esophagus
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| Chapter | Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) |
| Block | Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice (T15-T19) |
| Parent | T18.1 - Foreign body in esophagus |
| ICD-10-CM Children (deeper level / typically more specific) of T18.12: | |
| T18.120 - Food in esophagus causing compression of trachea | |
| T18.128 - Food in esophagus causing other injury | |
| ICD-10-CM Siblings (same level / similar specificity) of T18.12: | |
| T18.10 - Unspecified foreign body in esophagus | |
| T18.11 - Gastric contents in esophagus | |
| T18.19 - Other foreign object in esophagus | |