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K83.00: Primary sclerosing cholangitis

You have a disorder that involves the biliary tracts being inflamed over a long period of time and hardening as a result.

The gallbladder is in the top right part of the abdomen below the liver. The liver produces bile. The bile flows through bile ducts to the gallbladder and is stored there. When needed, the bile flows through another bile duct to the intestine. There, the bile helps to digest fats.

Your bile ducts have been inflamed for a long time. If the bile ducts are inflamed for a long time they may harden. As a result, the bile is then no longer able to drain away as well as usual. With this type of inflammation or hardening of the bile ducts, you can get tired and your skin might itch. You can have fever and pain in the top right of the abdomen. The whites of your eyes or the skin may turn yellow.

The inflammation may be caused by another disorder.

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).