D68.31: Haemorrhagic disorder due to factor VIII antibodies
Your blood is not clotting adequately.
For blood to be able to clot, many proteins have to work together in the blood. Many of these proteins are produced in the liver with the involvement of vitamin K. There are antibodies in your blood that are targeted against one of these proteins for blood clotting. As a result, this protein can no longer work properly.
If the proteins are not working properly or if there are too few of them in the blood, the blood does not clot adequately. In that case, you may bleed more easily. As a result, you bruise much more easily than usual, among other things. These bruises will show up as black and blue marks under the skin. Bleeding inside the body is also possible.
In your case, this condition has developed over the course of your life.
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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