Skin tags or polyps

Description

Benign outgrowths of skin consisting of a fibrovascular core covered with normal or thinned epidermis. They may be single or multiple and range in diameter from less than a millimetre to a centimetre or more.

Child codes

EK71.0 – Fibroepithelial polyp of skin
EK71.1 – Multiple skin tags
EK71.Z – Polyp of skin not elsewhere classified

Sibling codes

EK70 – Cutaneous cysts

Foundation entity

Skin tags or polyps – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1834683622

Allowed postcoordination axes

specificAnatomy

Part of: 14: Diseases of the skin