Indications for referring patients with gastrointestinal pathology to the bureau of medical and social examination (to help a practitioner)

When examining citizens at federal state medical and social examination institutions when recognizing a person as disabled, it is necessary to apply the criteria for determining disability set forth in Order of the Ministry of Labor of Russia dated August 27, 2019 No. 585н. The conditions for recognizing a citizen as a disabled person are persistent violations of body functions, which lead to a restriction in various categories of life, the need for social support. Certain clauses of the Order regulate the examination of citizens with diseases of the gastrointestinal tract. The article sets out generally accepted criteria for assessing the activity of the disease, the main research methods that allow to determine violations of the function of the digestive organs for timely and reasonable referral for examination at the bureau of medical and social examination.