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Q79.9: Congenital malformation of musculoskeletal system, unspecified

Your muscles, tendons or bones have not developed properly. This condition is congenital, which means you were born with it.

Tendons are made up of very firm connective tissue. Tendons attach muscles to bones.

If muscles, tendons or bones have not developed properly, the internal organs may not have grown properly either in some cases. One of the kidneys may be affected, for example.

The symptoms depend on how severely the muscles, tendons or bones are affected. For example, you may be unable to move the affected area of the body properly or you may have pain there.

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).