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D82.3: Immunodeficiency following hereditary defective response to Epstein-Barr virus

Your immune system is unable to provide enough protection against certain pathogens.

The immune system protects the body from pathogens and foreign substances. The immune system can also destroy cells in the body that have pathologically changed.

The pathogens include viruses. Certain viruses cause glandular fever. Glandular fever may be associated with various symptoms such as a high temperature and inflammation of the throat. The symptoms usually disappear completely.

Due to a congenital immune deficiency, your immune system is unable to provide enough protection against the viruses. If your immune system is unable to provide enough protection against the viruses, you might suffer badly from glandular fever after being infected with the virus.

Some of the viruses remain in your body throughout your life. In healthy people, though, these viruses only cause symptoms if the person is stressed or has a weakened immune system, for example. If the immune system is unable to provide enough protection against the viruses, though, this can cause various other illnesses. Depending on the type of illness, the person may be more vulnerable to pathogens. These may then, for example, repeatedly cause respiratory infections. The viruses can also favor certain cancers.

The disease is hereditary. Other family members can also be affected.

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

Provided by the non-profit organization “Was hab’ ich?” gemeinnützige GmbH on behalf of the Federal Ministry of Health (BMG).