ICD-11 classes
21 Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere...
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...
ME04 — Ascites
ICD-11 ME04 — Ascites
Accumulation or retention of free fluid in the abdominal peritoneal cavity between the tissues lining the abdomen and abdominal organs. The fluid may be serous, haemorrhagic, or the result of inflammation or tumour metastasis to the peritoneum.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
Diagnosis with code ME04 contains 3 clarifying diagnoses:
- ME04.0 — Fluid in peritoneal cavity
- ME04.Y — Other specified ascites
- ME04.Z — Ascites, unspecified
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: