ICD-11 classes
10 Diseases of the ear or mastoid process
Diseases of external ear
Otitis externa
Noninfectious inflammation of external ear
AA10 — Seborrhoeic otitis externa
ICD-11 AA10 — Seborrhoeic otitis externa
Seborrhoeic dermatitis affecting the skin of the external ear. It is usually accompanied by evidence of seborrhoeic dermatitis at other sites. In mild cases it may be asymptomatic but it can present acutely with severe pain, oedema and exudation. Longstanding cases maybe complicated by chronic lymphoedema and occlusion of the external auditory canal.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
It excludes 1 item.
- Seborrhoea (ED91.2)
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: