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E16.8: Other specified disorders of pancreatic internal secretion

Your pancreas is not creating the correct amount of messenger substances (hormones).

The pancreas produces various messenger substances for the body. For example, messenger substances influence the sugar level in the blood, gastric acid formation or gastrointestinal activity. Various pancreas disorders cause too many or too few of certain messengers to be produced. Depending on which messenger substance is affected, you may have various symptoms.

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).