ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Sensory and psychological disorders affecting the skin
Disturbances of cutaneous sensation
EC90 — Pruritus
EC90.1 — Pruritus due to systemic disorder
EC90.10 — Uraemic pruritus
ICD-11 EC90.10 — Uraemic pruritus
Pruritus in patients with chronic renal failure. Although common in untreated chronic kidney disease, it is particularly prevalent in patients receiving peritoneal or haemo-dialysis. The itch is not due to elevated serum urea levels. The precise mechanisms are not fully understood.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: