# What's the medical term for having a stick up your ass removed? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [June 4, 2002, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-medical-term-for-having-a-stick-up-your-ass-removed/112280 "2002-06-04T00:47:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-medical-term-for-having-a-stick-up-your-ass-removed/112280/21 "2002-06-04T19:55:18Z")
Tell him he suffers from opticorectalsclerosis: His optic nerve is crossed with his rectal nerve, giving him a shitty outlook on life. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2002, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-medical-term-for-having-a-stick-up-your-ass-removed/112280/22 "2002-06-04T20:24:25Z")
Sounds like if this guy went to get a splinter removed, that would qualify as removing a stick from an asshole. ---
**Author:** ![KACIET](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e47c2d/32.png) [@KACIET](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KACIET)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 8:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-medical-term-for-having-a-stick-up-your-ass-removed/112280/23 "2020-10-18T08:11:54Z")
Some would say that he’s branching out ---
**Author:** ![don\_t\_ask](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@don\_t\_ask](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/don_t_ask)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-medical-term-for-having-a-stick-up-your-ass-removed/112280/24 "2020-10-18T13:03:03Z")
In my day the cause of a shitty outlook was an Ocular Rectal Fistula. ---
**Author:** ![chela](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chela/32/21582_2.png) [@chela](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chela)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-medical-term-for-having-a-stick-up-your-ass-removed/112280/25 "2020-10-18T13:41:40Z")
> [@Gary\_T](#): > > Oh, and have some pity for the poor guy. One of these days, he’s going to up and die of nothing. > [@splatterpunk](#): > > Tell him this: > > “Next time you’re at the hospital, why don’t you stop by Radiology and get yourself X-rayed. I want to find out what people see in you.” > > Might help… 🤣 This thread is Classic dope! ---
**Author:** ![QuickSilver](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quicksilver/32/7832_2.png) [@QuickSilver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/QuickSilver)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-medical-term-for-having-a-stick-up-your-ass-removed/112280/26 "2020-10-18T14:09:55Z")
In zombie comedy, timing is everything. ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2020, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-medical-term-for-having-a-stick-up-your-ass-removed/112280/27 "2020-10-18T15:12:01Z")
Kelp is so 2002. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-medical-term-for-having-a-stick-up-your-ass-removed/112280/28 "2020-10-19T01:33:03Z")
This is Gold for a first post! Welcome to the Dope! ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-medical-term-for-having-a-stick-up-your-ass-removed/112280/29 "2020-10-19T01:45:26Z")
> [@DMark](#): > > I believe getting the stick up your ass removed is called switching from Republican to Democrat. Since this got reported, I’m just going to point out the post was made 18 years ago. It would not be permitted under present rules, but since **DMark** hasn’t posted for six years, I doubt he’ll see a mod note.😉 ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-medical-term-for-having-a-stick-up-your-ass-removed/112280/30 "2020-10-19T03:00:10Z")
Do zombies ever shove things up their rear ends? The ICD-10 code, used in medical billing, for a foreign body in the rectum is T18.5XXA. > **[2023 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T18.5XXA: Foreign body in anus and rectum,...](https://www.icd10data.com/ICD10CM/Codes/S00-T88/T15-T19/T18-/T18.5XXA)** > > ICD 10 code for Foreign body in anus and rectum, initial encounter. Get free rules, notes, crosswalks, synonyms, history for ICD-10 code T18.5XXA. ICD-9 was still in use when this thread was started. > **[2012 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code 937 : Foreign body in anus and rectum](http://www.icd9data.com/2012/Volume1/800-999/930-939/937/937.htm)** > > Free, official information about 2012 (and also 2013-2015) ICD-9-CM diagnosis code 937, including coding notes, detailed descriptions, index cross-references and ICD-10-CM conversion. ---
**Author:** ![md-2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9d8465/32.png) [@md-2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/md-2000)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 9:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-medical-term-for-having-a-stick-up-your-ass-removed/112280/31 "2020-10-19T21:26:14Z")
recto-scipio exportatum As opposed miscelleous related expressions: recto-cranial insertion recto-cranial inversion recto-fossal ambiguity Did you know that the plural of “fax” is “feces”? Xerox was the Greek god of reproduction… ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2020, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-medical-term-for-having-a-stick-up-your-ass-removed/112280/32 "2020-10-19T21:36:39Z")
rectal xylotomy? rectal xylectomy? ---
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2020, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-the-medical-term-for-having-a-stick-up-your-ass-removed/112280/33 "2020-10-20T03:48:12Z")
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