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 lower gastrointestinal tract or...
ME05 — Change in bowel habit
ME05.1 — Diarrhoea
ICD-11 ME05.1 — Diarrhoea
Diarrhoea is an acute or chronic condition in which there is an increased frequency or decreased consistency of bowel movements, usually with excessive and frequent evacuation of watery faeces. Here diarrhoea other than specifically described elsewhere such as in motility disorders of intestine or in functional bowel diseases, is described.
It includes 2 items.
- frequent/loose bowel movements
- watery stools
It excludes 4 items.
- Melaena (ME24.A4)
- Change in faeces or bowel movements (ME00-ME0Y)
- Functional diarrhoea (DD91.2)
- infectious diarrhoea (1A00-1A40.Z)
Diagnosis with code ME05.1 contains 1 clarifying diagnosis:
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Change in bowel habit #24554
The diagnosis is included in 1 another class.
- Noninfectious neonatal diarrhoea (KB8C)