ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Certain skin disorders attributable to infection or...
Certain parasitic infections or infestations affecting the...
Certain nematode infestations affecting the skin
1F66.1 — Mansonelliasis
ICD-11 1F66.1 — Mansonelliasis
A disease caused by an infection with the parasitic worm Mansonella. This disease is characterised by pruritus, dermal pigmentary changes, fever, or lymphadenopathy, or may be asymptomatic. Transmission is through the bite of an infected midge (genus Culicoides) or blackfly (genus Simulium). Confirmation is by identification of Mansonella microfilariae in a skin or blood sample.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Filariasis #1233