Bowel disease

Current definition

December 2023 (ACC)

Bowel disease – treated with intestinal resection

A definite diagnosis by a consultant gastroenterologist of one of the following:

• Crohn’s disease;
• diverticulitis;
• intestinal ischaemia; or
• ulcerative colitis;

resulting in the undergoing of, or inclusion on the NHS waiting list for, a single intestinal resection.

For the above definition, the following are not covered:

• local excision and polypectomy.