The ICD-10 international classification of diseases is used in the healthcare system. But the average person is not always clear how this phrase is associated with the disease.
It's very simple. This classification is intended for the statistics of all existing diseases and problems related to health. And the figure 10 in this phrase shows the frequency with which these statistical data are collected( 10 years).
Very often among the varieties of the gastrointestinal tract there is an erosive( hemorrhagic) gastritis or bulbitis. This disease is not only unpleasant, but also dangerous. After all, with its development, the entire gastric mucosa is affected by small, but quite numerous erosions, which not only cause pain, but also bleed quite often.
According to the ICD chronic gastritis code K-29.0.For a common man in the street it is a usual set of letters and numbers, but for a doctor he says a lot. Only after seeing it in a medical document, the doctor the gastroenterologist will immediately say that this is an acute erosive gastritis, complicated by bleeding.
It is dangerous because it is a precursor of an ulcer, and if you ignore the treatment, it quickly grows into it. Its development is accompanied by inflammation in certain areas of the stomach and focal lesions appearing there, in which very thin, often bleeding, walls of blood vessels.
With this disease, the gastrointestinal tract, like the bulbit code of the ICD, can tell the doctor not only about the symptoms of the disease, but also will make an assumption about its possible prerequisites, and, therefore, eliminate the factors that will interfere with treatment. And the causes of chronic erosive gastritis are different. Among the main ones are the following:
- Incorrect food, constant "snacks", eating fast food and sweet soda;
- Alcohol abuse and smoking;
- Constant stress, adverse housing or working conditions.
Before starting treatment of erosive gastritis, it is necessary to remove the cause that provoked it, otherwise no drugs and procedures will not give a positive result.
If the ill person saw the ICD-10 code in his medical documents, an erosive gastritis, a description of it, if desired, can be found in the directory containing information on various diseases.
But it is worthy of remembering that any self-treatment with this disease is fraught with serious complications. All medical prescriptions are the prerogative of a doctor! And the ICD was created only for medical specialists.
It is necessary to ensure optimal conditions for the processing and analysis of all statistical data obtained from different regions and countries on morbidity and mortality. In ICD-10, verbal diagnoses are converted to alphanumeric code, which greatly facilitates not only analysis, but also storage, as well as data extraction.