Catalog

Diverticulum of duodenum, with complication

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Diverticulum of duodenum, with complication – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1998702239

A disorder having out-pouchings from the duodenal wall, with clinical complications, including haemorrhage, diverticulitis, obstruction or perforation. The clinical importance of diverticulum of duodenum is mostly based on the complications relating to the periampullary region (juxtapapillary duodenal diverticula); containing enteroliths and food debris, choledocholithiasis, recurrent pancreatitis or cholangitis, liver abscess added to the commonly observed duodenal obstruction, bleeding and perforation.