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1. Statistical Brief #65: Hospitalizations for Gastrointestinal Bleeding in 1998 and 2006 (pdf file)
   hcup-us.ahrq.gov/reports/statbriefs/sb65.pdf
   December 01, 2008 - Hospital discharges with a diagnosis of ‘blood in stool’ were coded as unspecified GI bleeding. … ‘Blood in stool’ could be associated with either upper GI bleeding or lower GI bleeding depending on … About 23 percent of these discharges had a diagnosis of ‘blood in stool’ (not shown in tables). … Table 3 shows that hospital stays for patients with any diagnosis of blood in the stool declined 4 percent … Blood in stool (Hematochezia/Melena): 578.1 Hemorrhage of gastrointestinal tract unspecified: 578.9