ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Skin disorders involving certain specific body regions
Skin disorders involving the head and neck
Dermatoses of the eye, eyelids or eyebrows
9A02 — Inflammatory disorders of eyelid
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:

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