F53.1: Severe mental and behavioural disorders associated with the puerperium, not elsewhere classified

Your behavior and your mental state have altered a great deal since the birth of your child.

You may have felt depressed since the birth of your child. One may also feel listless and joyless. You may also have other psychological problems. Your thoughts and behavior may also have changed since the birth. For you example you may be seeing or hearing things that are not real.

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).

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