ICD-11 classes
05 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
Endocrine diseases
Diabetes mellitus
Acute complications of diabetes mellitus
5A24 — Uncontrolled or unstable diabetes mellitus

ICD-11 5A24 — Uncontrolled or unstable diabetes mellitus

Brittle diabetes mellitus is a term used to describe particularly hard-to-control Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes mellitus. It results in frequent, extreme swings in blood glucose levels, causing hyperglycaemia that could lead to ketoacidosis or hypoglycaemia.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.