ICD-11 classes
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Parasitic diseases
Infestations by ectoparasites
1G03 — Pthiriasis
ICD-11 1G03 — Pthiriasis
Infestation most commonly of pubic hair and less commonly of body hair or eyelashes by the crab louse, Pthirus pubis. Transmission is by direct, typically sexual contact with an infected individual. Confirmation is by identification of Pthirus pubis or its eggs.
It includes 1 item.
- Infestation by crab lice
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: