Carbuncle

Description

A deep follicular pyogenic staphylococcal skin infection involving a group of adjacent hair follicles. It manifests as a painful boggy mass containing multiple purulent discharging sinuses.

Index terms

Carbuncle

Exclusions from above levels

NE83.1 – Infection arising from device, implant or graft, not elsewhere classified

Sibling codes

1B75.0 – Furuncle
1B75.2 – Furunculosis
1B75.3 – Pyogenic abscess of the skin
1B75.4 – Chronic deep bacterial folliculitis
1B75.Z – Deep bacterial folliculitis or pyogenic abscess of the skin, unspecified

Foundation entity

Carbuncle – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1456834066

Allowed postcoordination axes

laterality
specificAnatomy

Part of: 1B75: Deep bacterial folliculitis or pyogenic abscess of the skin › 01: Certain infectious or parasitic diseases