ICD-11 code : 2B71;
Preferred Label : Malignant neoplasms of oesophagogastric junction;
ICD-11 definition : Malignant neoplasms that arise from the cells of the oesophagogastric junction (OGJ),
which is defined as the point at which the oesophagus ends and the stomach begins.
This mainly defines adenocarcinomas that straddle the junction of the oesophagus and
stomach. This definition includes many tumours formally called cancers of the gastric
cardia.;
ICD-11 synonym : cancer of gastroesophageal junction; cancer of gastro-oesophageal junction; cardiac orifice stomach cancer; primary malignant neoplasm of cardia of stomach; cardioesophageal junction cancer; cancer of the gastric cardia; gastroesophageal junction cancer; esophagogastric junction cancer; cancer of cardiac orifice of stomach;
ICD-11 "other" category code : 2B71.Y;
ICD-11 "unspecified" category code : 2B71.Z;
Origin ID : 1103107484;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
Malignant neoplasms that arise from the cells of the oesophagogastric junction (OGJ),
which is defined as the point at which the oesophagus ends and the stomach begins.
This mainly defines adenocarcinomas that straddle the junction of the oesophagus and
stomach. This definition includes many tumours formally called cancers of the gastric
cardia.
