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Mastoiditis in infectious or parasitic diseases classified elsewhere

No MMS code

Link to WHO Definition

Mastoiditis in infectious or parasitic diseases classified elsewhere – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/492119273

This is the result of an infection that extends to the air cells of the skull behind the ear. Specifically, it is an inflammation of the mucosal lining of the mastoid antrum and mastoid air cell system inside the mastoid process, that portion of the temporal bone of the skull that is behind the ear and which contains open, air-containing spaces, in infectious and parasitic diseases classified elsewhere.