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
ED90 — Rosacea and related disorders
ED90.0 — Rosacea
9A02.1 — Posterior blepharitis
ICD-11 9A02.1 — Posterior blepharitis
Posterior blepharitis is inflammation of the eyelids secondary to dysfunction of the meibomian glands. Like anterior blepharitis it is a bilateral chronic condition and manifested by a broad spectrum of symptoms involving the lids including inflammation and plugging of the meibomian orifices and production of abnormal secretion upon pressure over the glands. It may be associated with skin rosacea.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Inflammatory disorders of eyelid #9162
- Inflammatory disorders of eyelid #16784
- Rosacea #17261