ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Inflammatory dermatoses
Inflammatory erythemas and other reactive inflammatory...
KC21 — Inflammatory dermatoses of the newborn
KC21.0 — Neonatal acne
ICD-11 KC21.0 — Neonatal acne
Acne presenting at birth or shortly afterwards, generally with predominantly comedonal lesions of the cheeks and a paucity of inflammatory lesions. It is thought to be due to hyperactivity of the sebaceous glands stimulated by neonatal androgens from the testes in boys and adrenals in girls.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Acne #16357
- Inflammatory dermatoses of the newborn #16989
- Inflammatory dermatoses of the newborn #22121