B15.0: Hepatitis A with hepatic coma
You have an inflammation of the liver that is caused by viruses.
Your liver has become inflamed as a result of the hepatitis A virus. So this liver inflammation is also called hepatitis A.
If the liver is inflamed, this can cause various symptoms. The skin and eyes may turn yellow. The stool may be colorless and urine may be very dark. You may feel feeble and tired. You may be seriously ill. You may feel nauseous. You may also get a high temperature and sore muscles. It is also possible to have other symptoms.
The inflammation has very badly damaged your liver. Your liver can no longer carry out its usual tasks. The liver has many different tasks. For example, the liver forms a lot of proteins for the body. Particular proteins are important for blood clotting. Other proteins convey substances through the body or keep fluid in the blood vessels. The liver also helps to detoxify the body. You are seriously ill because of this bad liver damage. You are no longer responding to what is around you, because you are unconscious. A person sometimes still responds to pain stimuli. You may have severe bleeding with even minor injuries.
Additional indicator
On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.
- G: Confirmed diagnosis
- V: Tentative diagnosis
- Z: Condition after
- A: Excluded diagnosis
- L: Left
- R: Right
- B: Both sides
Further information
Source
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