Kodex

Code

K51.50

Left sided colitis without complications

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Hierarchy

K00-K95 Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)
- K50-K52 Noninfective enteritis and colitis (K50-K52)
  - K51 Ulcerative colitis
    - K51.5 Left sided colitis
      - K51.50 Left sided colitis without complications
      - K51.51 Left sided colitis with complications

Inclusion Terms

K51.50

Left sided colitis NOS

Left hemicolitis

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code to identify manifestations, such as:
L88 Pyoderma gangrenosum

Includes

noninfective inflammatory bowel disease

Excludes 1

K50 Crohn's disease [regional enteritis]

K58 Irritable bowel syndrome
megacolon (K59.3-)
- K59.3 Megacolon, not elsewhere classified

Excludes 2

certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96)
A00-B99 Certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99)
complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
- O00-O9A Pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A)
Q00-Q99 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88)
S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
C00-D49 Neoplasms (C00-D49)
symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94)