ICD-11 classes
13 Diseases of the digestive system
Diseases of the stomach or the duodenum
Diseases of duodenum
DA52 — Vascular disorders of the duodenum
DA52.0 — Duodenal varices
ICD-11 DA52.0 — Duodenal varices
Abnormally dilated veins developed as portosystemic shunts in the lining of duodenum in patients with portal hypertension. Once duodenal varices develop, they continue to grow, and bleeding from duodenal varices can be fatal.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.