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DA96.0 category

Intestinal malabsorption

Definition

Intestinal malabsorption (syndrome) occurs due to pathological interference with the normal physiological sequence of digestion (intraluminal process), absorption (mucosal process), and transport (post-mucosal events) of nutrients in the small intestine. The concept of intestinal failure is a life-threatening severe type of intestinal malabsorption due to short bowel, structural enterocyte defects, and intestinal dysmotility etc.

7 subordinate codes

Nearby in Intestinal malabsorption or protein-losing enteropathy