(568.8)

Other specified disorders of peritoneum (568.8)

ICD-9 code 568.8 for Other specified disorders of peritoneum is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -OTHER DISEASES OF INTESTINES AND PERITONEUM (560-569).

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