ICD-11 classes
13 Diseases of the digestive system
Symptoms, signs or clinical findings of the digestive...
Symptoms or signs involving the digestive system or abdomen
Symptoms related to the upper gastrointestinal tract
ME24.A5 — Haematemesis
ICD-11 ME24.A5 — Haematemesis
Vomiting of blood that is either fresh bright red, or older «"coffee-ground"» in character. Vomiting blood is a regurgitation of blood through the upper gastrointestinal tract and It generally indicates bleeding of the upper gastrointestinal track.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
Diagnosis with code ME24.A5 contains 1 clarifying diagnosis:
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Other digestive system haemorrhage, not elsewhere classified #15161
- Symptoms related to the upper gastrointestinal tract #24519
- Other digestive system haemorrhage, not elsewhere classified #24653
The diagnosis is included in 1 another class.
- Neonatal haematemesis or melaena due to swallowed maternal blood (KB8A)