ICD-11 classes
09 Diseases of the visual system
Symptoms, signs or clinical findings of the visual system
MC20 — Clinical findings of the visual system
MC20.2 — Hypopyon
ICD-11 MC20.2 — Hypopyon
Hypopyon is inflammatory cells in the anterior chamber of eye. It is a leukocytic exudate, seen in the anterior chamber, usually accompanied by redness of the conjunctiva and the underlying episclera. It is a sign of inflammation of the anterior uvea and iris, i.e. iritis, which is a form of anterior uveitis. The exudate settles at the bottom due to gravity.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: