You have two adrenal glands, one above each kidney. They make important hormones that your body uses for some of its most basic functions. When they don’t make enough of those hormones, you have a condition called adrenal insufficiency, also called adrenocortical insufficiency or hypocortisolism. What Do These Hormones Do?
Adrenal insufficiency occurs when the adrenal glands don’t make enough of the hormone cortisol. The primary kind is known as Addison’s disease. It is rare. It is when the adrenal glands don’t make enough of the hormones cortisol and aldosterone.
The patient is diagnosed as having acute renal insufficiency due to dehydration with decreased urinary output and was admitted for IV hydration. What diagnosis codes should we assign? A: The ICD-10-CM codes that would be most appropriate for this case are: ICD-10-CM code N28.9 is reported to capture the acute renal insufficiency.
The adrenal glands then don’t make enough cortisol. Mild symptoms may be seen only when a person is under physical stress. Other symptoms may include weakness, fatigue, and weight loss. You will need to take hormones to replace those that the adrenal glands are not making.
Disease characterized by hypotension, weight loss, anorexia, weakness, and sometimes a bronze-like melanotic hyperpigmentation of the skin; due to tuberculosis or autoimmune induced disease (hypofunction) of the adrenal glands that results in deficiency of aldosterone and cortisol.
A hormonal disorder that occurs when the adrenal glands fail to release adequate amounts of glucocorticoids (cortisol), mineralocorticoids (aldosterone, 11-deoxycorticosterone), and androgens (dehydroepiandrosterone) to meet physiologic needs, despite release of acth from the pituitary.
The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM E27.1 became effective on October 1, 2021.