ICD-11 classes
13 Diseases of the digestive system
Diseases of large intestine
LB16 — Structural developmental anomalies of large intestine
LB16.0 — Congenital absence, atresia or stenosis of large intestine
ICD-11 LB16.0 — Congenital absence, atresia or stenosis of large intestine
Colonic atresia is a congenital intestinal malformation resulting in a non-latent segment of the colon and characterised by lower intestinal obstruction manifesting with abdominal distention and failure to pass meconium in newborns.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
It excludes 2 items.
- Congenital atresia of rectum (LB17)
- Congenital absence of rectum (LB17)
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: