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Gastroenteritis is the main reason for 3.7 million visits to physicians a year in the United States [1] and 3 million visits in France. [81] In the United States gastroenteritis as a whole is believed to result in costs of US$23 billion per year, [82] with rotavirus alone resulting in estimated costs of US$1 billion a year. [1]
527.2 Sialoadenitis. 527.3 Abscess of salivary gland. 527.4 Fistula of salivary gland. 527.5 Sialolithiasis. 527.6 Mucocele of salivary gland. 527.7 Disturbance of salivary secretion. 528 Diseases of the oral soft tissues, excluding lesions specific for gingiva and tongue. 528.0 Stomatitis. 528.1 Cancrum oris.
Gastroenteritis can be caused by viral, bacterial, or parasitic infections. Common routes of infection include: Fifty to seventy percent of cases of gastroenteritis in adults are caused by noroviruses (genus Norovirus, family Caliciviridae). This virus is highly contagious and spreads rapidly. Norovirus is the most common cause of ...
267,500 (2015) [6] Peptic ulcer disease is a break in the inner lining of the stomach, the first part of the small intestine, or sometimes the lower esophagus. [1][7] An ulcer in the stomach is called a gastric ulcer, while one in the first part of the intestines is a duodenal ulcer. [1] The most common symptoms of a duodenal ulcer are waking ...
007.9 Unspecified protozoal intestinal disease; 008 Intestinal infections due to other organisms. 008.61 Enteritis due to Rotavirus; 008.69 Enteritis due to other viral enteritis; 008.8 Intestinal infection due to other organism not elsewhere classified; 009 Ill-defined intestinal infections. 009.1 Colitis enteritis and Gastroenteritis of ...
Gastroenterology. Enterocolitis is an inflammation of the digestive tract, involving enteritis of the small intestine and colitis of the colon. [1] It may be caused by various infections, with bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, or other causes. Common clinical manifestations of enterocolitis are frequent diarrheal defecations, with or without ...
Crohn's disease – also known as regional enteritis, it can occur along any surface of the gastrointestinal tract. The most common location for Crohn's disease to manifest, with or without the involvement of the colon or other parts of the GI tract, is in the terminal ileum (the final segment of the small intestine). [5]
ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases. [ 1 ] Work on ICD-10 began in 1983, [ 2 ...