ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Skin disorders involving specific cutaneous structures
Disorders of the epidermis and epidermal appendages
Disorders of the hair follicle
Acne and related disorders
ED81 — Acneform inflammatory disorders
EH67 — Acne or acneform reactions attributable to drugs
EH67.0 — Drug-induced acute generalised exanthematous pustulosis
ICD-11 EH67.0 — Drug-induced acute generalised exanthematous pustulosis
This uncommon reaction to systemic medication is characterised by fever (generally on the same day as the start of the rash) and multiple, small, non-follicular pustules that arise on a widespread inflammatory erythema centred on the upper trunk and body folds. It may be difficult to differentiate from acute generalised pustular psoriasis. It usually appears within 24 hours of drug exposure. Antibiotics are probably the commonest precipitants although many drugs have been implicated.
It includes 1 item.
- Drug-induced toxic pustuloderma
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: