Acute cholecystitis

International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2026-01

Acute inflammation of the gall bladder wall that typically affects critically ill patients. Risk factors are trauma, major surgery, bile stasis and gallbladder ischemia. The inflammation is evoked by mechanical, chemical, vascular, and bacterial inflammatory factors.

exclusions

• Calculus of gallbladder or cystic duct with acute cholecystitis  (DC11.0)
• Calculus of bile duct with cholecystitis  (DC11.5)

sections/codes in this section ()

• Acute on chronic cholecystitis  (DC12.00)
• Other specified acute cholecystitis  (DC12.0Y)
• Acute cholecystitis, unspecified  (DC12.0Z)

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