Digestive system obstruction

Description

This is a clinical form of a sign indicating obstruction of digestive tract. This category will be used for postcoordination codes as complications of underlying illness.

Index terms

Digestive system obstruction

Exclusions from above levels

19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
JA66 – Clinical findings on antenatal screening of mother

Sibling codes

ME24.0 – Digestive system abscess
ME24.1 – Digestive system fistula
ME24.3 – Digestive system perforation
ME24.4 – Digestive system stenosis
ME24.5 – Digestive system ulcer
ME24.6 – Digestive system dilatation
ME24.7 – Digestive system incarceration
ME24.8 – Digestive system strangulation or gangrene
ME24.9 – Gastrointestinal bleeding
ME24.A – Other digestive system haemorrhage, not elsewhere classified
ME24.Y – Other specified clinical manifestations of the digestive system

Foundation entity

Digestive system obstruction – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/953394726

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: ME24: Clinical manifestations of the digestive system › 21: Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified