B60.1: Acanthamoebiasis
You have been infected with amebae. As a result, tissue in your body has become inflamed.
Amebae are pathogens that are mainly found in the earth and in water. The pathogens often get into the skin or the eye in the body via small wounds. Contact lens wearers can be affected, for example.
The amebae can cause the eye to become inflamed. When the amebae have inflamed the eye, the eye is usually very painful. The eye then weeps a lot, too. The patient often has blurred vision, and avoids light. If the cornea becomes inflamed, a wound often occurs on the affected eye.
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
Note
This information is not intended for self-diagnosis and does not replace professional medical advice from a doctor. If you find an ICD code on a personal medical document, please also note the additional indicator used for diagnostic confidence.Your doctor will assist you with any health-related questions and explain the ICD diagnosis code to you in a direct consultation if necessary.
Source
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