ICD-11 classes
13 Diseases of the digestive system
Diseases or disorders of orofacial complex
DA01 — Disorders of oral mucosa
DA01.0 — Disturbances of oral epithelium
DA01.01 — Hairy leukoplakia
ICD-11 DA01.01 — Hairy leukoplakia
Oral hairy leukoplakia is a focal epithelial hyperplasia of the oral mucosa associated with Epstein-Barr virus. It is closely associated with HIV and occurs in both immunocompromised and immunocompetent HIV-infected individuals. It is also, however, found in uninfected people who are immunosuppressed, e.g. organ transplant recipients. It presents as white patches with a corrugated or hairy appearance affecting particularly the lateral borders of the tongue.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: