ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Skin disorders involving specific cutaneous structures
Disorders of the dermis and subcutis
Histiocytic-granulomatous disorders of the skin
EE80 — Necrobiotic granulomatous skin disorders
EE80.1 — Necrobiosis lipoidica

ICD-11 EE80.1 — Necrobiosis lipoidica

Necrobiosis lipoidica is an uncommon skin condition in which degenerate dermal collagen is surrounded by a granulomatous inflammatory response to produce shiny, red-brown or yellowish patches in the skin, particularly on the shins. In severe cases the affected skin may ulcerate. It is associated in the majority of but not all cases with underlying diabetes mellitus, the onset of which it may precede.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.