ICD-11 classes
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Predominantly sexually transmitted infections
Gonococcal infection
1A73 — Disseminated gonococcal infection
ICD-11 1A73 — Disseminated gonococcal infection
Disseminated gonococcal infection occurs when there is bacteremic dissemination of Neisseria gonorrhoeae from its initial focus of infection in female pelvic organs. It manifests as pain and swelling around one or more joints, intermittent crops of erythematous papules and pustules on the limbs, fever and rigors. Blood cultures may be but are not always positive.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: