ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Skin disorders involving specific cutaneous structures
Disorders of the dermis and subcutis
Disorders of cutaneous connective tissue
EE70 — Perforating dermatoses
EE70.0 — Acquired perforating dermatosis
ICD-11 EE70.0 — Acquired perforating dermatosis
A condition commonly seen in association with longstanding diabetes mellitus, particularly in association with renal failure, in which multiple large follicular and non-follicular keratotic papules develop on the trunk and limbs. Trauma from scratching pruritic skin may be the initiating event leading to transepidermal elimination of degenerate collagen and elastic fibres from the dermis.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: