Diseases of the skin

Description

Diseases of the skin incorporate conditions affecting the epidermis, its appendages (hair, hair follicle, sebaceous glands, apocrine sweat gland apparatus, eccrine sweat gland apparatus and nails) and associated mucous membranes (conjunctival, oral and genital), the dermis, the cutaneous vasculature and the subcutaneous tissue (subcutis).

Inclusions

Diseases of cutaneous vasculature
Diseases of subcutaneous tissue
Diseases of the dermis
Diseases of the epidermal appendages (hair, hair follicle, sebaceous glands, apocrine sweat gland apparatus, eccrine sweat gland apparatus and nails)
Diseases of the epidermis

Child codes

EM0Y – Other specified diseases of the skin
EM0Z – Skin disease of unspecified nature

Foundation children elsewhere

KC50 – Neonatal phototherapy burn
NE81.00 – Haematoma of surgical wound of skin
NE81.20 – Superficial incisional site infection

Sibling codes

01 – Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
02 – Neoplasms
03 – Diseases of the blood or blood-forming organs
04 – Diseases of the immune system
05 – Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
06 – Mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders
07 – Sleep-wake disorders
08 – Diseases of the nervous system
09 – Diseases of the visual system
10 – Diseases of the ear or mastoid process
11 – Diseases of the circulatory system
12 – Diseases of the respiratory system
13 – Diseases of the digestive system
15 – Diseases of the musculoskeletal system or connective tissue
16 – Diseases of the genitourinary system
17 – Conditions related to sexual health
18 – Pregnancy, childbirth or the puerperium
19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
20 – Developmental anomalies
21 – Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified
22 – Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes
23 – External causes of morbidity or mortality
24 – Factors influencing health status or contact with health services
25 – Codes for special purposes
26 – Supplementary Chapter Traditional Medicine Conditions
V – Supplementary section for functioning assessment
X – Extension Codes

Foundation entity

Diseases of the skin – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1639304259