G07: Intracranial and intraspinal abscess and granuloma in diseases classified elsewhere
You have been infected by fluke worms that cause the disease called bilharzia.
Fluke worms live in freshwater, particularly in warm regions. Someone who goes into water like that can have the worm larvae get into their body via their skin. The skin may then turn red and itchy in those places for a short time.
Bilharzia has caused one or more nodules of inflammatory cells to form in the brain. Nodules like these can press on surrounding brain tissue. As a result, you can have headaches, vomiting or seizures, for example. There may also be other symptoms.
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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