ICD-11 classes
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
1G60 — Certain other disorders of infectious origin
1G60.0 — Mycetoma of unknown or unspecified type
ICD-11 1G60.0 — Mycetoma of unknown or unspecified type
Mycetoma is a destructive localised chronic infection of skin, subcutaneous tissue and bone, most commonly affecting the foot. It can be caused by either fungi (eumycetoma) or filamentous bacteria (actinomycetoma). Where possible it should be classified more precisely as either actinomycetoma, the commonest type, or eumycetoma
The diagnosis includes nothing.
It excludes 2 items.
- Actinomycetoma (1C43)
- Eumycetoma (1F29)
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: