How does the encephalopathy toxic disease manifest and the ICD code 10

1 Why the

Classifier is needed The International Classification of Diseases is a document that establishes a code of disease coding, which ensures full comparability of materials and a unified approach to treatment. In any industry there are international classifications and standards. Of course, in such a serious field as medicine, there can not be anything like this. This is the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, or briefly the ICD.This classifier is used by health professionals around the world. Every 10 years, this system is being finalized.

This document consists of several parts: an instruction, a classifier and an alphabetical index. In ICD-10, the verbal names of diseases are transformed into a code consisting of letters and numbers, thereby creating the most convenient conditions for the processing and analysis of statistical data on diseases and mortality in different countries. When using this kind of single classifier, there is no link to the language, and all the data obtained can easily be compared and processed regardless of the country where they were obtained.

According to the ICD-10 all diseases are divided into classes, all such classes are allocated 21. Each class is marked with Roman numerals. Diagnoses are coded in Latin letters and numbers. For example, toxic encephalopathy is encoded by a combination of G92 and belongs to class VI "Diseases of the nervous system".

2 What is the disease

Encephalopathy is a dystrophic change in the functions of the brain. Under the influence of toxins, the nerve cells of the brain die, so this kind of disturbance is called toxic brain encephalopathy. The main cause of this disease is a constant toxic exogenous toxic effect on the internal organs of a person.

Poisonous substances penetrate the mucous membranes, the respiratory tract, the gastrointestinal tract, the skin. In this case, toxins enter the bloodstream, and then into the human brain. The more poisons enter the brain, the harder it will be to defeat it. The human brain is one of the most protected organs of the human body, so it is not so much exposed to the harmful effects of poisons as other organs. But if the toxins reach it, it will mean a very high degree of poisoning.

There are many substances that can cause pathology of the brain tissues: lead, arsenic, mercury vapor, manganese, alcohol and many others.

Of all this diversity of brain cells poisoning substances, two most common are alcohol and manganese:

1. In alcoholic toxic encephalopathy, irreversible damage to brain cells occurs after several years of drinking alcohol every day. In the brain of alcoholics, there are numerous ruptures of capillaries and hemorrhages in the brain.
2. When manganese is poisoned, dystrophic changes in brain tissue occur due to endogenous and exogenous causes. This disease is often found in welders using electrodes with the addition of manganese. In the youth environment, there are cases of manganese encephalopathy due to the use of narcotic mixtures, the preparation of which uses potassium permanganate.

All types of brain intoxication are divided into two groups: acute toxic and chronic encephalopathy. The first is due to a single and strong effect on the body of a poisonous substance. The second appears in the late stages of the development of the disease, when the body is no longer able to resist the harmful effects of toxins. The diagnosis of toxic encephalopathy is neurological. As it was mentioned above, its code is G92 on ICD-10( class VI - "Diseases of the nervous system", block G90-G99 - "Other disorders of the nervous system").