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2007 ICD-9-CM Volume 1 Diagnosis Codes Home > Endocrine, Nutritional And Metabolic Diseases, And Immunity Disorders 240-279 > Diseases Of Other Endocrine Glands 250-259 > Diabetes Mellitus 250.* >

2007 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis 250.0

Diabetes mellitus without mention of complication

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  • (dye-a-BEE-teez) A disease in which the body does not properly control the amount of sugar in the blood. As a result, the level of sugar in the blood is too high. This disease occurs when the body does not produce enough insulin or does not use it properly.
  • A heterogeneous group of disorders characterized by HYPERGLYCEMIA and GLUCOSE INTOLERANCE.
  • Type 2 diabetes, characterized by target-tissue resistance to insulin, is epidemic in industrialized societies and is strongly associated with obesity; however, the mechanism by which increased adiposity causes insulin resistance is unclear. Adipocytes secrete a unique signalling molecule, which was named resistin (for resistance to insulin). Circulating resistin levels are decreased by the anti-diabetic drug rosiglitazone, and increased in diet-induced and genetic forms of obesity. Administration of anti-resistin antibody improves blood sugar and insulin action in mice with diet-induced obesity. Moreover, treatment of normal mice with recombinant resistin impairs glucose tolerance and insulin action. Insulin-stimulated glucose uptake by adipocytes is enhanced by neutralization of resistin and is reduced by resistin treatment. Resistin is thus a hormone that potentially links obesity to diabetes.
  • 250.0 is a non-specific code that cannot be used to specify a diagnosis
  • 250.0 contains 6 index entries
  • View the ICD-9-CM Volume 1 250.* hierarchy

250.0 also known as:

  • Diabetes mellitus without mention of complication or manifestation classifiable to 250.1-250.9
  • Diabetes (mellitus) NOS

Index entries containing 250.0:

Diabetes, diabetic (brittle) (congenital) (familial) (mellitus) (poorly controlled) (severe) (slight) (without complication) 250.0Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
  • Hirschfeld's (acute diabetes mellitus) (see also Diabetes) 250.0
  • Willis' (diabetes mellitus) (see also Diabetes) 250.0
Hirschfeld's disease (acute diabetes mellitus) (see also Diabetes) 250.0
Willis' disease (diabetes mellitus) (see also Diabetes) 250.0