ICD-11 classes
22 Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of...
Other or unspecified effects of external causes
NF01 — Effects of heat
NF01.2 — Heat exhaustion due to fluid depletion
ICD-11 NF01.2 — Heat exhaustion due to fluid depletion
A failure of thermoregulatory sweating on exposure to heat as a result of water deprivation and/or inadequate replacement of fluids lost through sweating or by other means (e.g. severe diarrhoea). If untreated this may progress to heat stroke.
It includes 1 item.
- Heat prostration due to water depletion
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.