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diverticulum

Wikipedia Summary

In medicine or biology, a diverticulum is an outpouching of a hollow (or a fluid-filled) structure in the body. Depending upon which layers of the structure are involved, diverticula are described as being either true or false. In medicine, the term usually implies the structure is not normally present, but in embryology, the term is used for some normal structures arising from others, as for instance the thyroid diverticulum, which arises from the tongue. The word comes from Latin dīverticulum, "bypath" or "byway". .
Related Codes (5)
Code
Description
Billable
Details
K22.5Diverticulum of esophagus, acquired
Type 1 Excludes (1)
K38.2Diverticulum of appendix
N32.3Diverticulum of bladder
Type 1 Excludes (2)
N36.1Urethral diverticulum
Q39.6Congenital diverticulum of esophagus

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