ICD-11 classes
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Mycoses
1F28 — Dermatophytosis
1F28.0 — Dermatophytosis of scalp
ICD-11 1F28.0 — Dermatophytosis of scalp
Dermatophytosis (tinea) affecting scalp and scalp hair. Clinical features range from limited patchy alopecia and scaling to widespread inflammation and suppuration with occipital lymphadenopathy. The scalp is a typical site for a kerion (q.v.), often due to a zoophilic dermatophyte acquired from an infected animal.
It includes 2 items.
- Tinea capitis
- Scalp ringworm
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Dermatophytosis #15480
- Skin disorders localised to the scalp #16728