ICD-11 classes
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Mycoses
1F2D — Non-dermatophyte superficial dermatomycoses
1F2D.0 — Pityriasis versicolor
ICD-11 1F2D.0 — Pityriasis versicolor
A disease of the skin, caused by an infection with the fungi Malassezia. This disease is characterised by white, pink, fawn, brown, or often coalescing lesions that may be covered with thin furfuraceous scales. This disease commonly presents on the trunk, shoulders and arms, or neck and face. Transmission is by opportunistic transmission. Confirmation is by identification of Malassezia in a skin sample.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: