G95.85: Deafferentation pain due to injury of spinal cord
You are in pain. This is caused by damage to your spinal cord.
The spinal cord is located in the spinal column. The spinal cord is made up of nerve fibers. The brain uses the nerve fibers to exchange information with the organs, skin and muscles. When someone feels pain there is usually, first of all, pain information in the relevant part of the body. This information is transmitted via nerve fibers to the spinal cord. From there, the information passes via other nerve fibers to the brain. The information is processed in the brain. In this way, the pain in that part of the body is perceived.
When the spinal cord is damaged, pain information may no longer get sent correctly from a part of the body to the brain. However, it may then be that you feel pain in that part of your body. Exactly how this pain occurs is not yet known for sure.
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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