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O90.5: Postpartum thyroiditis

Your thyroid gland became inflamed after you gave birth to a child.

The thyroid is a small organ at the bottom of the neck. The thyroid gland needs iodine to produce important messenger substances for the body. These messenger substances influence the heartbeat, digestion, and body temperature, among other things.

Your thyroid gland has become inflamed some time after the birth of your child. Your thyroid gland may be creating too many or too few messenger substances because of the inflammation.

If you have too many messenger substances from the thyroid gland in your body, you may be restless or have a rapid heartbeat, for example. You may also break out in a sweat often and lose weight. If you have too many messenger substances from the thyroid gland in your body, you may be slower or no longer think so well, for example. You may also have dry skin or constipation.

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).