E06.2: Chronic thyroiditis with transient thyrotoxicosis
Your thyroid gland has been inflamed for a considerable time.
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.
Meanwhile, your thyroid gland has produced too many messenger substances due to the inflammation. If you have insufficient messenger substances from the thyroid gland in your body, you may have typical symptoms. For example, you may be restless or have a rapid heartbeat. You may also break out in a sweat often and lose weight.
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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