ICD-11 classes
05 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
Endocrine diseases
Disorders of the adrenal glands or adrenal hormone system
5A70 — Cushing syndrome
ICD-11 5A70 — Cushing syndrome
Cushing syndrome results from excess of corticosteroid hormones in the body due to overstimulation of the adrenal glands by excessive amounts of the hormone ACTH, secreted either by a tumuor of the pituitary gland (Cushing's disease) or by a malignant tumour in the lung or elsewhere. Symptoms include weight gain, reddening of the face and neck, excess growth of body and facial hair, raised blood pressure, loss of mineral from the bones (osteoporosis), raised blood glucose levels, and sometimes mental disturbances.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
Diagnosis with code 5A70 contains 6 clarifying diagnoses:
- 5A70.0 — Pituitary-dependent Cushing disease
- 5A70.1 — Ectopic ACTH syndrome
- 5A70.2 — Pseudo-Cushing syndrome
- 5A70.3 — Nelson syndrome
- 5A70.Y — Other specified Cushing syndrome
- 5A70.Z — Cushing syndrome, unspecified