📋Overview
Iceland Disease is a legacy term historically used to describe a form of epidemic myalgia or a viral illness characterized by muscle pain and fever. It is not a recognized modern medical diagnosis. The symptoms described under this term are now understood as part of viral myalgia syndromes or viral infections causing musculoskeletal symptoms. Modern terminology would refer to these presentations as viral myositis or viral syndrome with myalgia.
Medical codes (for reference)
UMLS CUI: C0015674ICD-10-CM
G93.32G93.31R53.82
MeSH
D015673
SNOMED CT (US)
5270200351771007
Codes are provided for reference and interoperability. They are not a diagnosis.
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