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E11.41: Type 2 diabetes mellitus With neurological complications Uncontrolled

You have diabetes. This is also known as diabetes mellitus.

The sugar from food or from sweet drinks is absorbed via the intestine. The sugar gets into the blood there. As a result, the sugar level in the blood rises after eating. The pancreas produces the messenger substance insulin. The pancreas is located in the upper abdomen. Insulin ensures that the sugar from the blood is absorbed into the cells. After eating, especially, the pancreas releases insulin into the blood. As a result, the sugar level in the blood then drops back.

You have type 2 diabetes. With this illness, insulin stops working properly. This can have different causes, for example too little movement, overweight and a diet rich in fats and sugar. There are also hereditary causes. When insulin no longer works correctly, the sugar level in the blood can rise too high. The pancreas then produces more and more insulin. That overloads the pancreas. After many years, the pancreas may sometimes then be unable to produce sufficient insulin any longer. If you have too little insulin in your blood, the sugar level in the blood can become permanently too high.

With diabetes, the sugar level in the blood is usually too high. If the diabetes is treated with insulin or other medications, however, the sugar level can also drop sharply.

Your diabetes is currently out of control. Diabetes is deemed to be out of control when the blood sugar content is either very high or far too low at a certain point in time. But it may also be that the blood sugar content is repeatedly too high over a longer period of time.

Your diabetes has damaged some nerves. Nerves are a sort of wiring in the body. Nerves conduct information. The nerves use electrical impulses to do this. Nerves are important, for instance, in enabling you to sense contacts and temperatures, and to move your muscles.

If nerves get damaged, the skin can feel numb, or tingle, or burn. Certain parts of your body may also feel painful or weaker. Nerves also control the organs in the body. This can cause problems with the digestion or when urinating, for example. The heart may beat quickly or irregularly.

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).