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XExtension Codes
Substances
XM6S30Medicaments
XM3MU3Agents primarily affecting the gastrointestinal system
XM5KL3Drugs for constipation
Laxatives

XM42M0 category

Bulk-forming laxatives

7 subordinate codes

XM9JR8Sterculia
XM3VP9Linseed
XM5DN2Methylcellulose
XM3JB5Ispaghula
XM0LV6Ethulose
XM4SJ2Triticum (wheat fibre)
XM5BR4Polycarbophil calcium

Also indexed as

Bulk-forming laxatives

Nearby in Laxatives

XM9P20Aloes
XM6UQ2Aloin
XM9N98Bryonia
XM9YN3Carter's Little Pills
XM2632Cathartic anthacene derivative
XM3W96Cathartic contact
XM53Q7Cathartic irritant
XM6LH5Cathartic vegetable

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01Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
02Neoplasms
03Diseases of the blood or blood-forming organs
04Diseases of the immune system
05Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
06Mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders
07Sleep-wake disorders
08Diseases of the nervous system
09Diseases of the visual system
10Diseases of the ear or mastoid process
11Diseases of the circulatory system
12Diseases of the respiratory system
13Diseases of the digestive system
14Diseases of the skin
15Diseases of the musculoskeletal system or connective tissue
16Diseases of the genitourinary system
17Conditions related to sexual health
18Pregnancy, childbirth or the puerperium
19Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
20Developmental anomalies
21Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified
22Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes
23External causes of morbidity or mortality
24Factors influencing health status or contact with health services
25Codes for special purposes
26Supplementary Chapter Traditional Medicine Conditions
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XM6S30Medicaments
XM9N55Substances, chiefly nonmedicinal
Allergens
XM3MU3Agents primarily affecting the gastrointestinal system
XM6WT8Agents primarily affecting blood constituents or immune system
XM3KY1Agents affecting genitourinary system, sex or anabolic hormones
XM26S4Hormones and their synthetic substitutes or antagonists, not elsewhere classified
XM9W63Agents affecting bones, joints or other connective tissue, not elsewhere classified
XM4TG8Agents primarily affecting water and nutrition-balance or metabolism
XM3973Agents primarily affecting the cardiovascular system
XM6CH2Drugs primarily affecting the autonomic nervous system
XM7YD4Drugs used in addictive disorders
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XM08U8Digestants
XM1JV7Antinauseants, antiemetics and emetics
XM6661Other agents primarily affecting gastrointestinal system
XM1V55Other antacids and anti-gastric-secretion drugs
XM24L6Other laxatives
XM3YF5Saline and osmotic laxatives
XM5KL3Drugs for constipation
XM5HW6Propulsives
XM4UH8Antipropulsives
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Laxatives
XM5348Glycerol
XM7DT2Carbon dioxide producing drugs
XM4U05Lubiprostone
XM3086Linaclotide
XM2396Prucalopride
XM2SC1Tegaserod
XM78V7Plecanatide
XM6DL1Oil
XM4CS7Phenisatin
XM5042Potassium sulfate
XM14Q1Rhubarb dry extract
XM40D1Rhubarb tincture, compound
XM38T6Scammony
XM91P4Sennoside A+B
XM9ML9Sodium phosphate dibasic
XM38A9Sodium phosphate monobasic
XM7XV5Squirting cucumber (cathartic)
XM8WQ0Sulisatin
XM69R3Yellow phenolphthalein
XM1NY1Softeners or emollients
XM5CM0Contact laxatives
XM42M0Bulk-forming laxatives
XM2806Osmotically acting laxatives
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XM9JR8Sterculia
XM3VP9Linseed
XM5DN2Methylcellulose
XM3JB5Ispaghula
XM0LV6Ethulose
XM4SJ2Triticum (wheat fibre)
XM5BR4Polycarbophil calcium

International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11), World Health Organization (WHO) 2019/2021, https://icd.who.int/browse11. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 IGO (CC BY-ND 3.0 IGO).

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