ICD-10-CM chapter XI: diseases of the digestive system

All patients with the inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) UC and CD were recruited at a gastroenterology outpatient clinic by the same gastroenterologist, based on clinical evaluation, endoscopy, and/or MRI, as well as characteristic histopathological findings and exclusion of differential diagnosis.

In total, 10 patients with UC (five females; median 515 age [range], 51.5 [20–69] years were recruited.

In total, 11 patients with CD (nine female; median age [range], 516 50.0 [31–76] years) were enrolled in the study.

All patients were in remission. None of the study subjects had received any systemic immunosuppressive medication three months prior to study entry.