ICD-11 classes
13 Diseases of the digestive system
Diseases of large intestine
DB31 — Other acquired anatomical alterations of large intestine
DB31.0 — Fistula of large intestine

ICD-11 DB31.0 — Fistula of large intestine

Fistula of large intestine is defined as an abnormal communication between the large intestine and another epithelialized surface such as the skin, an adjacent organ or an adjacent loop of bowel. Colovesical fistula is the most common, but colovaginal, colocolic, coloileal, colocutaneous, and coloanal fistulae have been described. Fistula due to Crohn disease are excluded from here.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

Diagnosis with code DB31.0 contains 2 clarifying diagnoses:

1. GC04.12 — Fistula of large intestine to vagina
   It contains 1 clarifying diagnosis.
2. GC04.16 — Rectovaginal fistula