VHI

Colonoscopy clinical indicators

Initial

Code Letter Desc
683 a A sustained alteration in bowel habit – either constipation, diarrhoea or alternating constipation and diarrhoea
684 b Rectal bleeding
685 c Unexplained anaemia
686 d Persistent unexplained lower abdominal pain
687 e Abdominal mass
688 f Obstructive symptoms
689 g Abnormal gastrointestinal imaging
690 h Assessment of geography and severity of colitis
691 i Tattooing margins of colonic polyp or colonic neoplasm prior to laparoscopic resection
823 j Investigation of unexplained weight loss
623 ja Rectal mass
624 jb Unexplained anal mass or unexplained anal ulceration