Diverticulum of large intestine

Description

This is a morphological condition in which typical pulsion type of consisting of a pouch of mucous membrane (including muscularis mucosae) projecting through and beyond the circular muscle layers of the bowel wall so that they come to lie in the pericolic fat and appendices epiploicae. Each pouch is called a diverticulum. The condition of having multiple diverticula with symptoms, or with inflammation is excluded from here.

Exclusions from above levels

DC90 – Diverticular disease of small and large intestine
DA20.1 – Diverticulum of oesophagus, acquired
DA40.3 – Gastric diverticulum

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LB15.0 – Meckel diverticulum
01 – Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
02 – Neoplasms
05 – Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
06 – Mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders
18 – Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
22 – Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes

Child codes

DC82.0 – Diverticulum of large intestine with haemorrhage
DC82.1 – Diverticulum of large intestine without haemorrhage
DC82.Z – Diverticulum of large intestine, unspecified

Sibling codes

DC80 – Diverticulitis of large intestine
DC81 – Diverticulosis of large intestine

Foundation entity

Diverticulum of large intestine – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/239627448

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: 13: Diseases of the digestive system