N25.1: Nephrogenic diabetes insipidus
Your kidneys are not working properly. This means you have to urinate frequently.
There are normally 2 kidneys in the body. They filter blood and create urine. They thus help to detoxify the body. Furthermore, the kidneys regulate the blood pressure and salt content in the blood, among other things.
Urine is concentrated in the kidneys. The kidneys are stimulated by a messenger substance from the brain. However, your kidneys are not responding properly to this messenger substance. This means that your kidneys cannot concentrate the urine sufficiently. So people with this condition need to urinate frequently and also often feel very thirsty.
It may also alter the salt levels in the blood. Changes to the salt levels in the blood can make you feel weak or confused.
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
Source
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