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  2. List of ICD-9 codes 520–579: diseases of the digestive system

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    ICD-9 chapters; Chapter Block Title I 001–139: Infectious and Parasitic Diseases II 140–239: Neoplasms III 240–279: Endocrine, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases, and Immunity Disorders IV 280–289: Diseases of the Blood and Blood-forming Organs V 290–319: Mental Disorders VI 320–389: Diseases of the Nervous System and Sense Organs ...

  3. Bowel resection - Wikipedia

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    A bowel resection or enterectomy (enter-+ -ectomy) is a surgical procedure in which a part of an intestine (bowel) is removed, from either the small intestine or large intestine. Often the word enterectomy is reserved for the sense of small bowel resection, in distinction from colectomy , which covers the sense of large bowel resection.

  4. Colectomy - Wikipedia

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    When the resection is complete, the surgeon has the option of reconnecting the bowel by stitching or stapling together the cut ends of the bowel (primary anastomosis) or performing a colostomy to create a stoma, an opening of the bowel to the abdominal wall that provides an alternate exit for the contents of the gastrointestinal tract. [1]

  5. Exploratory laparotomy - Wikipedia

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    enterotomy and bowel repair or bowel resection [13] right or left hemicolectomy [13] pyloric exclusion and gastric diversion, in which gastric secretions are diverted away from the duodenum by closing the pylorus and creating a new connection between the stomach and the small intestine [14] nephrectomy, or removal of all or part of a kidney [15]

  6. Intestine transplantation - Wikipedia

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    [5] [6] Short-bowel syndrome was the cause for 73% of American intestinal transplantations in 2008, followed by functional bowel problems for 15% and other causes representing 12% of cases. [7] Natural SBS is mercifully rare, estimated to be 3 per 100,000 births. [8]

  7. Hartmann's operation - Wikipedia

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    a. Localized or generalized peritonitis caused by perforation of the bowel secondary to the cancer b. Viable but injured proximal bowel that, in the opinion of the operating surgeon, precludes safe anastomosis c. Complicated diverticulitis [2] Use of the Hartmann's procedure initially had a mortality rate of 8.8%. [3]

  8. Diverticulitis - Wikipedia

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    Diverticulitis surgery consists of a bowel resection with or without colostomy. Either may be done by the traditional laparotomy or by laparoscopic surgery. [75] The traditional bowel resection is made using an open surgical approach, called colectomy. During a colectomy, the person is placed under general anesthesia. A surgeon performing a ...

  9. Volvulus - Wikipedia

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    Due to the high risk of recurrence, a bowel resection within the next two days is generally recommended. [3] If the bowel is severely twisted or the blood supply is cut off, immediate surgery is required. [1] In a cecal volvulus, often part of the bowel needs to be surgically removed. [3]