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S36.01: Haematoma of spleen

You have injured your spleen.

There are many vital organs in your abdomen. When the abdomen is injured, these organs may get damaged too. The abdomen can be injured as a result of an accident or a blow, for example.

When spleen tissue has been damaged, there may be a range of symptoms. The symptoms depend on the extent of the damage. For example, you may have abdominal pains. You sometimes also have pain in the left shoulder. You may feel nauseous or need to vomit.

A damaged organ may also bleed. Sometimes blood collects in or around the organ. If there is bleeding in the spleen, blood may also collect between the capsule and the spleen tissue. Then the abdomen sometimes swells up. If a lot of blood has collected in this area, the capsule around the spleen can tear. If the bleeding is heavy, you can have circulation problems. This can sometimes be life-threatening.

As a result of the injury, blood has collected in your spleen. The blood may also have collected in the area between the capsule and the spleen tissue. The spleen is on the top left side of the abdomen. Old blood cells are broken down in the spleen. Furthermore, defense cells are stored. If the defense cells are needed, they are then released from the spleen into the blood.

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).