E75.4: Neuronal ceroid lipofuscinosis
You have a congenital disease where certain fats build up in the body. Tissue is damaged by these deposits.
The precise cause of this disease is unknown. The disease is hereditary. Other family members may thus also be affected.
In your case, certain fats are being deposited in many of your body’s cells. As a result, the cells are severely damaged and dying. Your nervous system and eyes in particular are affected by this. The nervous system includes all the nerves in the body, as well as the brain and the spinal cord. The nerves run from the brain and spinal cord into the body. They convey information in the body.
If you have this disease, you can get severely ill and may have already symptoms as a child. At the start of the disease, your vision gets worse and worse, and later you go blind. Your mental faculties may also be impaired and you might behave differently than normal. It is also possible that you will not be able to control your movements properly or that you will have seizures.
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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