ICD-11 classes
21 Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere...
Symptoms, signs or clinical findings of the digestive...
Clinical findings in the digestive system
ME24 — Clinical manifestations of the digestive system
DB32.2 — Megacolon

ICD-11 DB32.2 — Megacolon

Megacolon is a descriptive term indicating an abnormal dilation of large intestine. The dilatation is often accompanied by a paralysis of the peristaltic movements of the bowel.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

Diagnosis with code DB32.2 contains 3 clarifying diagnoses:

1. DB32.20 — Toxic megacolon
2. DB32.2Y — Other specified megacolon
3. DB32.2Z — Megacolon, unspecified

The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:

• Motility disorders of large intestine #14051
• Megacolon #14054
• Clinical manifestations of the digestive system #15108
• Megacolon #15173