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Symptoms related to the lower gastrointestinal tract or abdomen

International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2024-01

exclusions

• Abdominal or pelvic pain  (MD81)

code elsewhere

• Haematochezia  (ME24.A3)
• Haemorrhage of anus and rectum  (ME24.A1)
• Meconium ileus without perforation  (KB87.2)
• Melaena  (ME24.A4)

sections/codes in this section (ME00-ME0Y)

• Abdominal compartment syndrome  (ME00)
• Abdominal distension  (ME01)
• Abdominal rigidity  (ME02)
• Abnormal bowel sounds  (ME03)
• Ascites  (ME04)
• Change in bowel habit  (ME05)
• Chronic enteritis of uncertain aetiology  (ME06)
• Faecal incontinence  (ME07)
• Flatulence and related conditions  (ME08)
• Rectal tenesmus  (ME09)
• Visible peristalsis  (ME0A)
• Problems with defaecation, not otherwise specified  (ME0B)
• Other specified symptoms related to the lower gastrointestinal tract or abdomen  (ME0Y)

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