Z86: Personal history of certain other diseases
Z86.3: Personal history of endocrine, nutritional and metabolic diseases
The body produces energy from food. Furthermore, the body makes construction material from food, for instance to repair or construct tissue. This is also called metabolism. The metabolism is influenced by various messenger substances.
Sometimes such a disease may cause symptoms to develop later, or symptoms may remain.
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