ICD-11 classes
13 Diseases of the digestive system
Inflammatory bowel diseases
DD70 — Crohn disease
ICD-11 DD70 — Crohn disease
Crohn’s disease is characterised by chronic and relapsing transmural inflammation extending through all layers of the small and/or large intestinal walls and has potential to involve the patient’s entire gastrointestinal tract.
It includes 3 items.
- Granulomatous enteritis
- Regional enteritis
- Intestinal ulcer and erosion due to Crohn disease
It excludes 1 item.
- Ulcerative colitis (DD71)
Diagnosis with code DD70 contains 9 clarifying diagnoses:
- DD70.0 — Crohn disease of upper gastrointestinal tract
- DD70.1 — Crohn disease of small intestine
- DD70.2 — Crohn disease of appendix
- DD70.3 — Crohn disease of large intestine
- DD70.4 — Crohn disease of anal region
- DD70.5 — Crohn disease of both small and large intestine
- DD70.6 — Crohn disease of anastomotic sites
- DD70.Y — Crohn disease of other specified site
- DD70.Z — Crohn disease, unspecified site
The diagnosis is included in 1 another class.
- Cutaneous or mucocutaneous Crohn disease (EE8Y)