ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Skin disorders involving specific cutaneous structures
Disorders of the epidermis and epidermal appendages
Disorders of skin colour
ED60 — Acquired hypermelanosis
ED60.2 — Postinflammatory hypermelanosis

ICD-11 ED60.2 — Postinflammatory hypermelanosis

Melanin pigmentation of the skin resulting from preceding cutaneous inflammation, particularly when this is centred on the dermo-epidermal junction as in lichen planus. Damage to melanocytes results in release of melanin into the dermis (pigmentary incontinence).

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.