ICD-11 classes
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Mycoses
1F23 — Candidosis
1F23.1 — Candidosis of skin or mucous membranes
1F23.16 — Candida otomycosis

ICD-11 1F23.16 — Candida otomycosis

Infection of the external auditory canal with Candida yeasts, especially Candida parapsilosis. The infection may present with whitish greasy debris in, or discharge from the external auditory canal, or with erythema, oedema and pain. Candida otomycosis is less common than otomycosis due to Aspergillus. Chronic infection may be associated with perforation of the eardrum.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.

The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:

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