Acquired changes in hair colour

Description

Abnormal diffuse or circumscribed alterations in natural hair colour. Causes include drugs, idiopathic premature greying of the hair, differential shedding of pigmented hair in alopecia areata or hair pigment loss in association with vitiligo or regressing melanocytic naevi.

Child codes

ED73.10 – Premature canities
ED73.11 – Acquired poliosis
ED73.1Z – Acquired changes in hair colour, unspecified

Sibling codes

ED73.0 – Weathered hair
ED73.Y – Other specified acquired disorders of the hair shaft
ED73.Z – Acquired disorders of the hair shaft, unspecified

Foundation entity

Acquired changes in hair colour – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1055080410

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Part of: ED73: Acquired disorders of the hair shaft › 14: Diseases of the skin