Kodex

Code

K59.39

Other 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

K59.39

Megacolon NOS

Dilatation of colon

Code First

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

Excludes 1

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

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

Excludes 2

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

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)