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DC70.00 category

Diverticulitis of small intestine with perforation or abscess

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 perforation or abscess.

Also indexed as

Diverticulitis of small intestine with perforation or abscess

Nearby in Diverticulitis of small intestine with complication