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ICD-10-CM Code for Stage 2 necrotizing enterocolitis K55.32

ICD-10 code K55.32 for Stage 2 necrotizing enterocolitis is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the digestive system .

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Stage 2 necrotizing enterocolitis
Necrotizing enterocolitis with pneumatosis, without perforation

K55.3

Excludes1: necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn (P77.-)

Excludes2: necrotizing enterocolitis due to Clostridium difficile (A04.7-)

K55

Excludes1: necrotizing enterocolitis of newborn (P77.-)

Excludes2: angioectasia (angiodysplasia) duodenum (K31.81-)

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