Megacolon, not elsewhere classified
Non-billable header
K59.3 is a non-billable header code. Use one of the more specific codes below.
Inclusion terms
Applicable to
- Dilatation of colon
Excludes1
Not coded here — never report together with this code.
- congenital megacolon (aganglionic) (Q43.1)
- megacolon (due to) (in) Chagas' disease (B57.32)
- megacolon (due to) (in) Clostridium difficile (A04.7-)
- megacolon (due to) (in) Hirschsprung's disease (Q43.1)
- change in bowel habit NOS (R19.4) (from K59)
- intestinal malabsorption (K90.-) (from K59)
- psychogenic intestinal disorders (F45.8) (from K59)
Excludes2
Not included here — may be reported together when both conditions exist.
- certain conditions originating in the perinatal period (P04-P96) (from K59)
- certain infectious and parasitic diseases (A00-B99) (from K59)
- complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium (O00-O9A) (from K59)
- congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99) (from K59)
- endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E88) (from K59)
- injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88) (from K59)
- neoplasms (C00-D49) (from K59)
- symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R94) (from K59)
- functional disorders of stomach (K31.-) (from K59)
Code first
Sequence the underlying condition first.
Also known as
- Dilatation of colon