ICD-11 classes
05 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
Nutritional disorders
Undernutrition
5B5K — Mineral deficiencies
5B5K.3 — Iodine deficiency

ICD-11 5B5K.3 — Iodine deficiency

Iodine deficiency disorders (IDD), caused mainly by a low dietary supply of iodine, refer to all of the consequences of iodine deficiency in a population that can be prevented by ensuring that the population has an adequate intake of iodine. Iodine deficiency is the most frequent cause of preventable brain damage in childhood.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

Diagnosis with code 5B5K.3 contains 3 clarifying diagnoses:

1. 5A00.1 — Iodine-deficiency-related thyroid disorders or allied conditions
   It contains 3 clarifying diagnoses.
2. 5A00.2 — Acquired hypothyroidism
   It contains 6 clarifying diagnoses.
3. 5A00.04 — Congenital hypothyroidism due to iodine deficiency