ICD-11 classes
13 Diseases of the digestive system
Diseases of small intestine
DA92 — Other acquired anatomical alterations of small intestine
Diverticular disease of small intestine
DC70 — Diverticulitis of small intestine
DC70.0 — Diverticulitis of small intestine with complication

ICD-11 DC70.0 — Diverticulitis of small intestine with complication

This develops from diverticulosis, which involves the formation of pouches (diverticula) on the outside of the small intestine and results if one or some of these diverticula becomes inflamed, of the small intestine with complication.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

Diagnosis with code DC70.0 contains 3 clarifying diagnoses:

  1. DC70.00 — Diverticulitis of small intestine with perforation and abscess
  2. DC70.0Y — Diverticulitis of small intestine with other specified complication
  3. DC70.0Z — Diverticulitis of small intestine with unspecified complication

The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:

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