AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1984 November - December

Verner-Morrison Syndrome

The code assigned for Verner-Morrison syndrome is 259.3, Ectopic hormone secretion, not elsewhere classified. A separate code is required to classify any mention of benign or malignant islet cell functioning tumor of the pancreas. Verner-Morrison syndrome is a rare but significant cause of severe diarrhea in patients who have functional islet cell tumors of the pancreas. Researchers have not been able to positively identify the hormone that is responsible for the diarrhea, but an active substance called vasoactive intestinal peptide is found in plasma and in the tumors of patients with benign or malignant islet cell functioning pancreatic...

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