ME07

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Faecal incontinence

Description

Failure of voluntary control of the anal sphincters, with involuntary passage of faeces and flatus.

Excludes

  • 6C01 – nonorganic encopresis
  • DD92.0 – Functional faecal incontinence
  • DD93.Y – Nonretentive faecal incontinence in children

Exclusions from above levels

  • MD81 – Abdominal or pelvic pain
  • http://id.who.int/icd/entity/260602177 – Symptoms, signs or clinical findings involving the female genital system
  • http://id.who.int/icd/entity/722165552 – Symptoms, signs or clinical findings involving the urinary system
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  • http://id.who.int/icd/entity/788450242 – Symptoms, signs or clinical findings involving the male genital system
  • KA83.1 – gastrointestinal haemorrhage newborn
  • KB87 – Intestinal obstruction of newborn
  • LB13.0 – pylorospasm congenital or infantile
  • 19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
  • JA66 – Clinical findings on antenatal screening of mother

Child codes

  • ME07.0 – Faecal smearing
  • ME07.1 – Incomplete defaecation
  • ME07.2 – Faecal urgency
  • ME07.Y – Other specified faecal incontinence
  • ME07.Z – Faecal incontinence, unspecified

Sibling codes

  • ME00 – Abdominal compartment syndrome
  • ME01 – Abdominal distension
  • ME02 – Abdominal rigidity
  • ME03 – Abnormal bowel sounds
  • ME04 – Ascites
  • ME05 – Change in bowel habit
  • ME06 – Chronic enteritis of uncertain aetiology
  • ME08 – Flatulence or related conditions
  • ME09 – Rectal tenesmus
  • ME0A – Visible peristalsis
  • ME0B – Problems with defaecation, not otherwise specified
  • ME0Y – Other specified symptoms related to the lower gastrointestinal tract or abdomen

Foundation entity

Faecal incontinence – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/790417430

Part of: 21: Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified