Pigmentary abnormalities of skin due to drug

Description

Disturbances of skin colour due to an ingested or injected drug. These may result from a number of different mechanisms including the colour of the drug itself, disturbed melanisation of the skin or deposition of pigments by drug breakdown products.

Index terms

Pigmentary abnormalities of skin due to drug
discolouration of skin due to drug
drug application site discolouration

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Drug-induced hypermelanosis
Drug-induced hypomelanosis
medicament-induced hypomelanosis

Sibling codes

EH71 – Dermatoses precipitated by drug therapy
EH72 – Drug-induced hair abnormalities
EH73 – Drug-induced nail abnormalities
EH74 – Drug-induced oral conditions
EH75 – Photosensitivity due to drug
EH76 – Dermatoses associated with specific classes of medication
EH77 – Localised adverse cutaneous reactions to administration of drug
EH78 – Adverse cutaneous reactions to herbal, homoeopathic or other alternative therapies
EH7Y – Other specified adverse cutaneous reactions to medication
EH7Z – Unspecified adverse cutaneous reactions to medication

Foundation entity

Pigmentary abnormalities of skin due to drug – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/810545508

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: 14: Diseases of the skin