E74.0: Glycogen storage disease
You have a glycogen storage disease. As a result, you cannot properly process the storage sugar glycogen.
Glycogen is constructed from several sugars. It is stored especially in the liver and muscles. When the body needs sugar, it can obtain this from the glycogen stores.
In the body, certain proteins ensure that processes run better or more quickly. These proteins are also known as enzymes. The cause of the disease is usually a missing enzyme. As a result, you may not be able to process glycogen properly. This illness can be hereditary. That means that other family members can also be affected. If you cannot properly process glycogen, additional amounts of it are stored at certain sites of the body.
The symptoms depend on where the additional amounts of glycogen are being stored. For example, the liver may be enlarged or no longer work properly. The body may not be supplied with enough sugar. The muscles may also be very weak or painful. The disease can make you severely ill.
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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