ICD-10 diagnosis code
Y42 Hormones and their synthetic substitutes and antagonists, not elsewhere classified
Y42 is the ICD-10 code for Hormones and their synthetic substitutes and antagonists, not elsewhere classified. It is a three-character category divided into 10 subcodes; use the subcode whenever the record supports that level of detail. It belongs to the block Y40–Y59 (Drugs, medicaments and biological substances causing adverse effects in therapeutic use) in Chapter XX, External causes of morbidity and mortality.
- Code type
- Category (3 characters)
- Chapter
- XX · V01–Y98
- Classification
- WHO ICD-10, 2019 version
What Y42 excludes
Conditions that look similar but belong under another code.
- mineralocorticoids and their antagonists Y54.0-Y54.1
- oxytocic hormones Y55.0
- parathyroid hormones and derivatives Y54.7
Subcodes of Y42
- Y42.0Glucocorticoids and synthetic analogues
- Y42.1Thyroid hormones and substitutes
- Y42.2Antithyroid drugs
- Y42.3Insulin and oral hypoglycaemic [antidiabetic] drugs
- Y42.4Oral contraceptives
- Y42.5Other estrogens and progestogens
- Y42.6Antigonadotrophins, antiestrogens, antiandrogens, not elsewhere classified
- Y42.7Androgens and anabolic congeners
- Y42.8Other and unspecified hormones and their synthetic substitutes
- Y42.9Other and unspecified hormone antagonists
Y42 in national editions
Countries report with their own edition of ICD-10. Most keep the WHO code and add more specific codes beneath it.
Y42Hormoner och deras syntetiska substitut och antagonister som ej klassificeras på annan plats
Y42Hormones et leurs substituts synthétiques et antagonistes, non classés ailleurs
Y42hormonen en hun synthetische substituten en antagonisten, niet elders
Based on the World Health Organization’s International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th revision (ICD-10), 2019 version, and the national editions published by each country’s health authority. This page is a reference, not coding advice; follow your national coding rules when you report.
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