D69.59: Secondary thrombocytopenia, unspecified
You don’t have enough platelets in your blood.
Some cells and substances in the blood affect blood clotting. Platelets are important for blood clotting. The platelets can stick to each other and thus seal wounds. If you have too few platelets, bleeds can occur. These may only be light bleeds into the skin or mucous membrane, for example. However, you may also have heavy nosebleeds or bleeding in the inner organs. You can bleed for a long time if you injure yourself.
For example, you can have too few platelets due to various disorders or medications.
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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