ME24.A4 Melaena
International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2024-01
It is bloody stools that indicate bleeding from vascular system in the digestive tract. It is also described as black, tarry, and foul-smelling stools or red/maroon-coloured stools that contain degraded blood.
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- Melaena
- altered blood in stool
- altered blood passed per rectum
- tarry stools
- black tarry stool
- melaena due to gastrointestinal haemorrhage
- blood in faeces
- blood in stool
- bloody stool
- faeces bloodstained
- passage of bloody stools
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