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
9A06 — Certain specified disorders of eyelid
9A06.8 — Blepharochalasis
ICD-11 9A06.8 — Blepharochalasis
This is a malposition of the eyelid caused either by involution or by inflammation of the eyelid. The inflammation is characterised by exacerbations and remissions of eyelid oedema, which results in a stretching and subsequent atrophy of the eyelid tissue resulting in redundant folds over the lid margins. It typically affects only the upper eyelids, and may be unilateral as well as bilateral.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: