ICD-11 classes
13 Diseases of the digestive system
Inflammatory bowel diseases
DD71 — Ulcerative colitis
ICD-11 DD71 — Ulcerative colitis
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic inflammatory disorder of unknown etiology that continuously causes ulcers in the lining of the rectum and colon. Inflammation is histologically restricted to the mucosa.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
Diagnosis with code DD71 contains 6 clarifying diagnoses:
- DD71.0 — Ulcerative pancolitis
- DD71.1 — Left sided ulcerative colitis
- DD71.2 — Ulcerative rectosigmoiditis
- DD71.3 — Ulcerative proctitis
- DD71.Y — Other specified ulcerative colitis
- DD71.Z — Ulcerative colitis, unspecified