Digestive system perforation

Description

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

Exclusions from above levels

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

Child codes

ME24.30 – Perforation of small intestine
ME24.31 – Perforation of large intestine
ME24.35 – Perforation of gallbladder or bile ducts
ME24.3Y – Digestive system perforation of other specified site
ME24.3Z – Digestive system perforation of unspecified site

Foundation children elsewhere

KB82 – Prenatal gastric perforation
KB83 – Postnatal gastric perforation
KB85 – Prenatal intrauterine intestinal perforation
KB86 – Postnatal intestinal perforation

Sibling codes

ME24.0 – Digestive system abscess
ME24.1 – Digestive system fistula
ME24.2 – Digestive system obstruction
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 perforation – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1472717853

Allowed postcoordination axes

hasCausingCondition

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