ICD-11 classes
03 Diseases of the blood or blood-forming organs
Anaemias or other erythrocyte disorders
Nutritional or metabolic anaemias
3A03 — Other nutritional or metabolic anaemias
3A03.1 — Protein deficiency anaemia
ICD-11 3A03.1 — Protein deficiency anaemia
A disease caused by low levels of protein within the body. This disease is characterised by a low red blood cell count in the blood. This disease may present with pallor, fatigue, or shortness of breath. Confirmation is by identification of a low red blood cell count in a blood sample.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
It excludes 1 item.
- Lesch-Nyhan syndrome (5C55.01)
It has no clarifying diagnoses.