Gallbladder and Biliary Tract Diseases
- malignant neoplasm of the gallbladder
- malignant neoplasm of other parts of biliary tract
- extrahepatic bile duct
- ampulla of Vater
- cholelithiasis
- cholecystitis
- others (excluding postcholecystectomy syndrome), but including
- other obstructions of the gallbladder (like strictures)
- hydrops, perforation, fistula
- cholesterolosis
- biliary dyskinesia
- K83: other diseases of the biliary tract:
- cholangitis (including ascending cholangitis and primary sclerosing cholangitis)
- obstruction, perforation, fistula of biliary tract
- spasm of sphincter of Oddi
- biliary cyst
- biliary atresia
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