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E28.3: Primary ovarian failure

Your ovaries are not working properly. As a result, you are not having your period.

There are two ovaries in the body. The ovaries are influenced by regulating messenger substances from the brain. The ovaries themselves create various sex hormones. These include female and male sex hormones. The sex hormones affect the female cycle, fat distribution in the body, skin and hairiness, for example.

You have too few female sex hormones from the group of estrogens in your body. Your ovaries may not react to a regulating messenger substance from the brain. The regulating messenger substance can usually latch on to the ovaries. The ovaries then create estrogens. Your ovaries are creating too few estrogens or none at all. As a result, you may not be having your period. The ovaries normally create fewer estrogens only after menopause.

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).