F02.1: Dementia in Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
You have been infected by Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. As a result, you have dementia.
You have been infected by a pathogen that damages the brain in particular. These pathogens are certain proteins. These proteins are being deposited in your brain and damaging it. This disease is called Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
The brain is vital for thinking, remembering and moving. For this purpose, there are many nerve cells in the brain. If these nerve cells are damaged, the brain is no longer able to carry out those functions so well. The memory may get worse. Sometimes one can no longer move, speak or concentrate so well. One may also feel very depressed. These are symptoms of the dementia.
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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