ICD-11 classes
13 Diseases of the digestive system
Diseases of large intestine
LB16 — Structural developmental anomalies of large intestine
KB87.2 — Meconium ileus without perforation
ICD-11 KB87.2 — Meconium ileus without perforation
The meconium sometimes becomes thickened and congested in the terminal ileum, a condition known as meconium ileus. Meconium ileus is among the most common causes of intestinal obstruction in the newborn, accounting for 9-33% of neonatal intestinal obstructions. A symptom of both Hirschsprung’s disease and cystic fibrosis is the failure to pass meconium. Some babies have a blockage in their colon that may look like meconium ileus (a meconium plug), and they have small left colon syndrome. This means the last part of their colon is smaller than normal.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Intestinal obstruction of newborn #14981
- Symptoms related to the lower gastrointestinal tract or abdomen #15050
- Structural developmental anomalies of large intestine #15212
- Intestinal obstruction of newborn #22081
- Structural developmental anomalies of large intestine #22795
- Symptoms related to the lower gastrointestinal tract or abdomen #24542