ICD-11 classes
05 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
Endocrine diseases
Disorders of the adrenal glands or adrenal hormone system
5A74 — Adrenocortical insufficiency
5A74.1 — Adrenal crisis
1C1C.1 — Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
ICD-11 1C1C.1 — Waterhouse-Friderichsen syndrome
A syndrome of the adrenal glands, commonly caused by an infection with meningococcus Neisseria meningitidis. This syndrome is characterised by bleeding into the adrenal glands due to the severe bacterial infection. This syndrome may present with fever, chills, vomiting, myalgia, or rash, with progression to disseminated intravascular coagulation. Transmission is by direct contact or droplet transmission.
It includes 1 item.
- Meningococcal haemorrhagic adrenalitis
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: