2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 564.0
Constipation
- Other forms of abnormal feces or difficult passage of feces.
- condition in which bowel movements are infrequent or incomplete.
- Decrease in normal frequency of defecation accompanied by difficult or incomplete passage of stool and/or passage of excessively hard, dry stool
- Constipation; irregular and infrequent or difficult evacuation of the bowels.
- There are 4 ICD-9-CM codes below 564.0 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
- You are viewing the 2012 version of ICD-9-CM 564.0.
- More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM 564.0: 2013.
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