D70.18: Other forms of drug-induced agranulocytosis and neutropenia
Too few defense cells have been measured in your blood.
The blood cells are formed in the bone marrow. These also include certain immune cells (defense cells). These immune cells normally only remain a few days in the blood until they are broken down again. Lots of new immune cells are therefore formed every day.
You have received treatment with certain drugs, for example, drugs to treat cancer cells. These drugs also have an effect on the bone marrow. Therefore it no longer reproduces so many immune cells. As a result, not enough immune cells are replenished, causing you to have an insufficient quantity of immune cells in the blood. After a while, the bone marrow usually recovers. There are also other drugs that can damage the bone marrow. These can be drugs taken for pain or to fight pathogens, for example.
Having too few defense cells in the blood can lead to serious illness. The mucous membrane in the mouth or gastrointestinal tract can also be severely inflamed.
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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