Catalog

Nonretentive faecal incontinence in children

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Nonretentive faecal incontinence in children – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1005971407

This is a lack of control over defecation in childhood and diagnostic criteria must include all of the following in a child with a developmental age at least 4 years: 1. Defecation into places inappropriate to the social context at least once per month 2. No evidence of an inflammation, anatomic, metabolic, or neoplastic process that explains the subject’s symptoms 3. No evidence of faecal retention