Source(s)

Everhart JE, editor. The burden of digestive diseases in the United States. US Department of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. Washington, DC: US Government Printing Office, 2008; NIH Publication No. 09-6443

Definitions

ICD-10 Code K51

The record axis of the death certificate can contain up to 20 contributing causes in addition to the underlying cause. A recording of any of the 29 unique digestive diseases was noted for each of the 21 total possible causes, and any duplicate digestive diseases were eliminated. A death was attributed to one of the digestive diseases if any of the unduplicated digestive diseases were recorded.

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