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M36.53: Stage 3 chronic graft-versus-host disease of connective tissue

After you received donor stem cells in the past, the stem cells have, over a long period of time, damaged your connective tissue.

There is connective tissue all over the body. For example, there is connective tissue beneath the skin. Connective tissue also surrounds muscles and organs.

With this disorder, the donor immune cells attack the connective tissue in the body. The connective tissue may have been damaged as a result. As a result, you may have muscle pains, for example. Your muscles may feel stiff, or it may be hard to move your joints.

The symptoms are limiting you in your everyday life. Tying one’s shoelaces, for example, can become difficult.

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).