Paediatric onset systemic sclerosis

Description

Systemic sclerosis arising before the age of 16. Involvement of internal organs is less common but arthritis and myositis are more common than in adults.

Index terms

Paediatric onset systemic sclerosis
Diffuse paediatric systemic sclerosis
Limited paediatric systemic sclerosis

Exclusions from above levels

EB61.0 – Circumscribed scleroderma
02 – Neoplasms
18 – Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium

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20 – Developmental anomalies

Sibling codes

4A42.1 – Diffuse systemic sclerosis
4A42.2 – Limited systemic sclerosis
4A42.Z – Systemic sclerosis, unspecified

Foundation entity

Paediatric onset systemic sclerosis – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/2338375

Part of: 4A42: Systemic sclerosis › 04: Diseases of the immune system