BC Advantage - 2021 Issue 8

Diagnostic Coding for Gastroparesis: A Chronic Syndrome of Gastrointestinal Tract

Gastroparesis is a clinical disorder that influences the normal peristalsis movement of the muscles in your stomach. Typically, a proper muscle contraction and relaxation propel the meal in your gastrointestinal tract. Stomach muscles, which are controlled by the vagus nerve, move the food via the GI tract. It can disrupt the normal functioning of the stomach muscles if any specific damage to the vagus nerve occurs.If you have gastroparesis, it will prevent your stomach from emptying properly, and your stomach motility doesn't work or may slow down. In this way, it becomes difficult to propel the pulverized...

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