Wiki Chronic Carditis

[elenax]

An EGD was performed and the "distal esophagus biopsy result was CHRONIC CARDITIS". All the dx that I see for this description are heart related...and this is an upper GI procedure...what DX would you use for this scenario...I'm inclined to use 530.89... but I would like to hear some feedback on this

 

[nora619]

As per the below NCBI reference I would suggest to code it as inflammation esophagus/stomach since Cardia is part of the stomach that is closest to the esophagus.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/ar...infection and gastroesophageal reflux disease. , Chronic inflammation at the gastroesophageal junction (carditis) appears to be a specific finding related to Helicobacter pylori infection and gastroesophageal reflux disease.