icd-10-cm code for behcet's syndrome

What causes Behcet syndrome?

Some things can make you more likely to have Behcet’s syndrome, including:

• Age: Although you can get it at any age, it usually shows up when you’re in your 20s or 30s.
• Genes: Certain genes (a portion of your DNA) are linked to this condition.
• Sex: Although anyone can get it, it affects more men, more severely, than women.
• Where you live: Behcet’s syndrome is very rare in the U.S. It’s more common in the Middle East and Asia.

What is the prognosis for Behcet's disease?

What is the prognosis (outlook) for patients with Behçet's disease? Behçet's disease is a chronic disease that may disappear and reappear regardless of treatment. This sometimes makes it difficult to tell how well treatment might be working.

How is behcets disease diagnosed?

• Frequently suffering from genital sores .
• Appearance of eye lesions and infections; These include uveitis or retinal vasculitis.
• The development of skin lesions, which often appear in adults who have not used corticosteroids; Include erythema Streptococcus , or inflammation of the false folliculitis , or papule lesions pustular ...

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How is Behcet syndrome diagnosed?

There is often a very long delay between symptom onset and diagnosis for many reasons:

• The disease behaves differently in different people.
• Symptoms are highly variable and affect many different organs.
• The course of the disease is unpredictable, and symptoms tend to come and go.
• Symptoms can overlap with other diseases that need to be ruled out.
• There is no specific laboratory test or marker for the disease.

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The ICD code M352 is used to code Behçet's disease

Behçet's disease or Behçet disease (/bɛˈtʃɛt/), sometimes called Behçet's syndrome, Morbus Behçet, Behçet-Adamantiades syndrome, or Silk Road disease, is a rare immune-mediated small-vessel systemic vasculitis that often presents with mucous membrane ulceration and ocular problems.

ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index References for 'M35.2 - Behcet's disease'

The ICD-10-CM Alphabetical Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code M35.2. Click on any term below to browse the alphabetical index.

Equivalent ICD-9 Codes GENERAL EQUIVALENCE MAPPINGS (GEM)

This is the official approximate match mapping between ICD9 and ICD10, as provided by the General Equivalency mapping crosswalk. This means that while there is no exact mapping between this ICD10 code M35.2 and a single ICD9 code, 711.20 is an approximate match for comparison and conversion purposes.