F20.0: Paranoid schizophrenia
You have schizophrenia.
Schizophrenia is a mental illness. Your thinking, perception and mood may have changed as a result. There are different reasons for this illness.
You have a particular type of schizophrenia. With this, your assessment of reality is wrong. For example, you may think that you are being followed. You may also have sensory illusions. For example, you then hear or see things that are not really there. You may also have other symptoms.
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).