ME08

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Flatulence or related conditions

Description

Production or presence of gas in the gastrointestinal tract which may be expelled through the anus. This category includes also gas induced pain and incontinence of flatus.

Index terms

  • Flatulence or related conditions
  • Abdominal tympany
  • Flatulence
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  • flatulent
  • flatulent colic
  • flatus
  • Gas pain
  • gas abdominal pain
  • gas induced abdominal pain
  • gas induced pain
  • gas related abdominal pain
  • gas related pain
  • Gas intestinal pain
  • gas induced intestinal pain
  • gas related intestinal pain
  • gas stomach pain
  • gas induced stomach pain
  • gas related stomachl pain
  • Incontinence of flatus

Inclusions

  • Gas pain

Excludes

  • ME01 – Abdominal distension

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

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
  • ME07 – Faecal incontinence
  • 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

Flatulence or related conditions – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1247223172

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