2006 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Diseases Of The Digestive System 520-579 > Diseases Of Esophagus, Stomach, And Duodenum 530-537 > Diseases Of Esophagus 530.* > 2006 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 530.4 Perforation of esophagus View the most recent version of ICD-9-CM 530.4 An opening or hole in the ESOPHAGUS that is caused by TRAUMA, injury, or pathological process. 530.4 is a specific code that can be used to specify a diagnosis 530.4 contains 4 index entries View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 530.* hierarchy Alternate Terminology Rupture of esophagus 530.4 Excludes traumatic perforation of esophagus (862.22, 862.32, 874.4-874.5)  Index entries containing 530.4: Boerhaave's syndrome (spontaneous esophageal rupture) 530.4 Perforation, perforative (nontraumatic) esophagus 530.4 Rupture, ruptured 553.9 esophagus 530.4 traumatic 862.22 with open wound into cavity 862.32 cervical region - see Wound, open, esophagus Syndrome - see also Disease Boerhaave's (spontaneous esophageal rupture) 530.4