ICD-11 classes
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Parasitic diseases
Infestations by ectoparasites
1G02 — External hirudiniasis
ICD-11 1G02 — External hirudiniasis
Infestation of the skin by leeches. Sensitisation to antigenic substances deposited in the skin can result in urticarial weals and bullae.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
It excludes 1 item.
- Internal hirudiniasis (1F60-1F9Z)
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: