ICD-11 classes
11 Diseases of the circulatory system
Diseases of veins
BD74 — Chronic peripheral venous insufficiency of lower extremities
BD74.3 — Venous leg ulcer
BD74.31 — Recurrent venous leg ulcer

ICD-11 BD74.31 — Recurrent venous leg ulcer

A venous leg ulcer developing in skin which has been damaged by previous episodes of ulceration. The chances of long-term healing are reduced in comparison with primary venous leg ulcers.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.

The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:

• Venous leg ulcer #16649