E02: Subclinical iodine-deficiency hypothyroidism
Your thyroid gland has received too little iodine.
The thyroid is a small organ at the bottom of the neck. The thyroid gland needs iodine to produce important messenger substances for the body. These messenger substances influence the heartbeat, digestion, and body temperature, among other things.
When the thyroid gland does not get enough iodine, fewer messenger substances than usual are produced. Within a certain range, however, this can be compensated for. The thyroid gland is then pushed, as it were, into producing more messenger substances. One particular blood value can be used to establish that the thyroid gland is receiving additional stimulation. In your case, elevated amounts of this blood value have been measured. However, you still have enough thyroid messenger substances in your body.
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).
