Haematemesis

Description

Vomiting of blood that is either fresh bright red, or older "coffee-ground" in character. Vomiting blood is a regurgitation of blood through the upper gastrointestinal tract and it generally indicates bleeding of the upper gastrointestinal tract.

Index terms

Haematemesis
blood in vomit
vomiting blood

Exclusions from above levels

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

Foundation children elsewhere

KB8A – Neonatal haematemesis or melaena due to swallowed maternal blood

Sibling codes

ME24.A0 – Obscure gastrointestinal bleeding
ME24.A1 – Haemorrhage of anus or rectum
ME24.A2 – Oesophageal haemorrhage
ME24.A3 – Haematochezia
ME24.A4 – Melaena
ME24.A6 – Positive occult blood in stool

Foundation entity

Haematemesis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1794059753

Allowed postcoordination axes

course

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