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DC80.00 category

Diverticulitis of large intestine with perforation or abscess

Definition

This develops from diverticulosis, which involves the formation of pouches (diverticula) on the outside of the colon and results if one of these diverticula becomes inflamed, of the large intestine with perforation or abscess.

Also indexed as

Diverticulitis of large intestine with perforation or abscess

Nearby in Diverticulitis of large intestine with complication