ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Certain skin disorders attributable to infection or...
Certain skin disorders attributable to bacterial infection
Certain sexually transmissible bacterial infections...
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: