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ME07 — Faecal incontinence

ICD-11 ME07 — Faecal incontinence

Failure of voluntary control of the anal sphincters, with involuntary passage of faeces and flatus.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

It excludes 3 items.

  • Functional faecal incontinence (DD92.0)
  • Nonretentive faecal incontinence in children (DD93)
  • nonorganic encopresis (6C01)

Diagnosis with code ME07 contains 5 clarifying diagnoses:

  1. ME07.0 — Faecal smearing
  2. ME07.1 — Incomplete defaecation
  3. ME07.2 — Faecal urgency
  4. ME07.Y — Other specified faecal incontinence
  5. ME07.Z — Faecal incontinence, unspecified

The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:

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