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E22.1: Hyperprolactinaemia

You have too much of a messenger substance (hormone) in your body.

The messenger substance is created in the pituitary gland. The pituitary gland is a gland in the brain. Many messenger substances are created for the body in this gland. These messenger substances influence growth, metabolism and sex hormones, for example. You have too much of the messenger substance in your body that promotes lactation in the breast. The messenger substance is called prolactin. Prolactin moreover affects other messenger substances in the body called sex hormones.

If you have too much of the messenger substance prolactin in your body, there may be various symptoms. For example, the mammary gland can swell up or women may no longer have a period. Men may have erectile dysfunction.

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).