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Diverticulitis of small intestine with complication

Definition

This develops from diverticulosis, which involves the formation of pouches (diverticula) on the outside of the small intestine and results if one or some of these diverticula becomes inflamed, of the small intestine with complication.

3 subordinate codes

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