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Q26.5: Anomalous portal venous connection

Some of the blood from your abdominal organs flows past your liver. This condition is congenital, which means you were born with it.

The liver is an important organ on the top right of the abdomen. For example, it helps with blood clotting and detoxifying the body. Nutrients from food are processed in the liver. The nutrient-rich blood from the abdominal organs flows through the portal vein into the liver.

Your portal vein did not develop properly before you were born. This is why some of your blood flows from the portal vein past the liver. This blood flows directly into another blood vessel.

The liver removes some of the harmful substances from the blood. If blood from the abdominal organs does not flow through the liver, then harmful substances can remain in the blood. These substances could damage the brain, for example.

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).