Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Description Referral ICD-10 code: K50.0-1/K50.8-9/K51.0-5/K51.8-9/K52.0-3/K52.8-9 DESCRIPTION Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract that includes both Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis. Abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, diarrhoea and weight loss characterise both CD and ulcerative colitis REFERRAL Discuss all patients with a pot
ICD-10 code: K50.0-1/K50.8-9/K51.0-5/K51.8-9/K52.0-3/K52.8-9
DESCRIPTION
Inflammatory bowel disease is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract that includes both Crohn’s disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis. Abdominal pain, rectal bleeding, diarrhoea and weight loss characterise both CD and ulcerative colitis
REFERRAL
Discuss all patients with a potential diagnosis of Crohn’s disease or ulcerative colitis with a specialist.
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Standard Treatment Guidelines And Essential Medicines List For South Africa, Adult Hospital level, 2020-4_Version 1_July 2024
Chapter 1: Alimentary tract; 1.1 Gastrointestinal Disorders; 1.1.5 Inflammatory Bowel Disease
ICD-10 codes
- K50.0Crohn's disease of small intestine
- K50.1Crohn's disease of large intestine
- K50.8Other Crohn's disease
- K50.9Crohn's disease, unspecified
- K51.0Ulcerative (chronic) pancolitis
- K51.2Ulcerative (chronic) proctitis
- K51.3Ulcerative (chronic) rectosigmoiditis
- K51.4Inflammatory polyps
- K51.5Left sided colitis
- K51.8Other ulcerative colitis
- K51.9Ulcerative colitis, unspecified
- K52.0Gastroenteritis and colitis due to radiation
- K52.1Toxic gastroenteritis and colitis
- K52.2Allergic and dietetic gastroenteritis and colitis
- K52.3Indeterminate colitis
- K52.8Other specified noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis
- K52.9Noninfective gastroenteritis and colitis, unspecified