Chapter 4 - Endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases (E00-E89)»Metabolic disorders (E70-E88)»Hemochromatosis (E83.11)

E83.11

Hemochromatosis

Sub-codes (4)

E83.110 Hereditary hemochromatosis
E83.111 Hemochromatosis due to repeated red blood cell transfusions
E83.118 Other hemochromatosis
E83.119 Hemochromatosis, unspecified

Related indications (MeSH) (1)

Hemochromatosis13 drugs (7 approved, 6 experimental)

A disorder of iron metabolism characterized by a triad of HEMOSIDEROSIS; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; and DIABETES MELLITUS. It is caused by massive iron deposits in parenchymal cells that may develop after a prolonged increase of iron absorption. (Jablonski's Dictionary of Syndromes & Eponymic Diseases, 2d ed)