Preferred Label : Polycythaemia due to VHL mutation;
ICD-11 definition : This is a disease state in which the proportion of blood volume that is occupied by
red blood cells increases. Blood volume proportions can be measured as hematocrit
level. It can be due to an increase in the number of red blood cells (absolute polycythemia)
or to a decrease in the volume of plasma (relative polycythemia).;
ICD-11 synonym : Von Hippel-Lindau-dependent polycythaemia; Chuvash erythrocytosis; Chuvash polycythaemia;
Origin ID : 1449684939;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
This is a disease state in which the proportion of blood volume that is occupied by
red blood cells increases. Blood volume proportions can be measured as hematocrit
level. It can be due to an increase in the number of red blood cells (absolute polycythemia)
or to a decrease in the volume of plasma (relative polycythemia).