Q65.0: Congenital dislocation of hip, unilateral
Your hip joint is dislocated. This condition is congenital, which means you were born with it.
The two hip joints connect the pelvis to the thighbones (femurs). At each side of the pelvic bone there is a depression. This depression is also called the hip socket. The femoral head sits in the hip socket. The femoral head is the rounded, top end of the femur.
A dislocated hip joint causes the femoral head from the thigh bone to move out of the hip socket.
A congenital dislocated hip joint may not at first produce any problems. However, it may cause pain when walking later. It may also make the movements in the hip joint more 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
Source
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