ICD-11 classes
13 Diseases of the digestive system
Structural developmental anomalies of the digestive tract
LB15 — Structural developmental anomalies of small intestine
LB15.3 — Congenital diverticulitis of small intestine
ICD-11 LB15.3 — Congenital diverticulitis of small intestine
This refers to a clinical entity characterised by the presence of sac-like congenital herniations in the wall of the small intestine, in which the pouches of small intestine (diverticula) become infected or inflamed.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: