kodex

Kodex

ICD-10-CM
Code

K59.31

Toxic megacolon

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Hierarchy

  • K00-K95 Diseases of the digestive system (K00-K95)
    • K55-K64 Other diseases of intestines (K55-K64)
      • K59 Other functional intestinal disorders
        • K59.3 Megacolon, not elsewhere classified
          • K59.31 Toxic megacolon
          • K59.39 Other megacolon

Inclusion Terms

K59.3

  • Dilatation of colon

Code First

K59.3

  • , if applicable (T51-T65) to identify toxic agent
    • T51-T65 Toxic effects of substances chiefly nonmedicinal as to source (T51-T65)

Excludes 1

K59.3

  • congenital megacolon (aganglionic) (Q43.1)
    • Q43.1 Hirschsprung's disease
  • megacolon (due to) (in) Chagas' disease (B57.32)
    • B57.32 Megacolon in Chagas' disease
  • megacolon (due to) (in) Clostridium difficile (A04.7-)
    • A04.7 Enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile
  • megacolon (due to) (in) Hirschsprung's disease (Q43.1)
    • Q43.1 Hirschsprung's disease

K59

  • R19.4 Change in bowel habit
  • K90 Intestinal malabsorption
  • psychogenic intestinal disorders (F45.8)
    • F45.8 Other somatoform disorders

Excludes 2

K59

  • functional disorders of stomach (K31.-)
    • K31 Other diseases of stomach and duodenum

K00-K95

  • 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)

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