E64.3: Sequelae of rickets
You had too little vitamin D in your body in the past. As a result, you are having symptoms.
Vitamin D is important for bone strength. Calcium and phosphate are stored in the bones by vitamin D. Bone thus hardens. Vitamin D is also important for the maturation of immune cells and muscular strength.
The body can create vitamin D itself. This requires direct sunlight. You can also take vitamin D with food. However, this only makes up a small part of your body’s vitamin D. There is vitamin D in fatty sea fish and offal, for example.
A lack of vitamin D can cause problems in the bones, for example. If you are growing and have too little vitamin D, your bones may not grow properly. The bones may then not grow evenly or be too soft and break. It can cause permanent deformation of some bones. These changes may persist even when there is enough vitamin D in the body once more. You may then have pain in the affected area, 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
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