05Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
Endocrine diseases
Disorders of the pituitary hormone system
5A61Hypofunction or certain other specified disorders of pituitary gland
5A61.1
category
Adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency
Definition Deficiency of adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) resulting in functional hypocortisolism. Includes deficiency of corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH, CRF).
Also indexed as
Adrenocorticotropic hormone deficiency adrenocorticotropic hormone [ACTH] deficiency secondary adrenocortical insufficiency
Nearby in Hypofunction or certain other specified disorders of pituitary gland
International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11), World Health Organization (WHO) 2019/2021, https://icd.who.int/browse11. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 IGO (CC BY-ND 3.0 IGO).
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