ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Skin disorders provoked by external factors
EH93 — Dermatoses due to foreign bodies
EH93.1 — Foreign body reaction to inorganic matter in the skin

ICD-11 EH93.1 — Foreign body reaction to inorganic matter in the skin

A usually granulomatous, often sarcoidal reaction to the presence in the skin of inorganic foreign material which cannot be degraded or eliminated. Responsible agents include tattoo pigment, suture materials, silica, zirconium, aluminium, paraffin, and silicone.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.