Zoster without complications

Description

A painful blistering skin eruption following a dermatomal distribution resulting from reactivation of Varicella zoster virus in dorsal nerve root ganglia.

Index terms

Zoster without complications

Exclusions from above levels

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

Sibling codes

1E91.1 – Ophthalmic zoster
1E91.2 – Disseminated zoster
1E91.3 – Zoster with central nervous system involvement
1E91.4 – Acute neuropathy of cranial nerve due to zoster
1E91.5 – Postherpetic polyneuropathy
1E91.Y – Zoster with other specified complications
1E91.Z – Zoster, unspecified

Foundation entity

Zoster without complications – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1659043996

Part of: 1E91: Zoster › 01: Certain infectious or parasitic diseases