S35.2: Injury of coeliac or mesenteric artery
You have damaged one or more blood vessels in your abdomen.
There are many blood vessels in the abdomen. For example, there are blood vessels for the digestive organs, but also for the skin and muscles.
Arteries are blood vessels that transport blood away from the heart. They supply all the tissue in the body with oxygen-rich blood. In certain places in the body you can feel your arteries. You can then feel how fast your pulse is. Many blood vessels branch off from the aorta. You can imagine this like a tree in which the branches get thinner and thinner towards the top.
The aorta is the thickest blood vessel in the body. At the top of the abdomen, two large blood vessels leave the aorta. The blood from the upper blood vessel mainly flows to the liver, the stomach and the spleen. The blood from the lower blood vessel flows to the intestine. You have damaged the upper or lower large blood vessel for the abdominal organs.
When a blood vessel is damaged, there is usually bleeding. If the bleeding is heavy, blood may collect in the tissue. There may then be some pain. When there is bleeding below the skin, a bruise sometimes forms.
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
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