13Diseases of the digestive system Diseases of oesophagus DA24Oesophagitis
DA24.2
category
Oesophagitis due to external causes
Definition Inflammation of the oesophagus due to external cause such as radiation, ingestion of the alkali and acid, and swallowed pills or food failing to traverse entire oesophagus.
International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11), World Health Organization (WHO) 2019/2021, https://icd.who.int/browse11. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 IGO (CC BY-ND 3.0 IGO).
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