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E16.4: Abnormal secretion of gastrin

You have too many specific messenger substances (hormones) in your blood.

You have too much of the messenger substance gastrin in your blood. The messenger substance gastrin has various effects in the gastrointestinal region. For example, the messenger substance increases the creation of gastric acid.

If you have too much of the messenger substance in your blood, too much gastric acid may be created. As a result, you may have heartburn. The mucous membrane in the stomach may become severely inflamed. Sometimes you can also have diarrhea.

You may often have too much of the messenger substance gastrin in your blood if specific tissue is being regenerated. That can occur in the pancreas or small intestine, for example.

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).