ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Skin disorders provoked by external factors
Dermatoses provoked or exacerbated by exposure to cold
Skin or soft tissue injury due to exposure to cold
NF03.1 — Immersion hand or foot
ICD-11 NF03.1 — Immersion hand or foot
Injury to the skin and soft tissues of the feet and, less commonly, the hands due to prolonged exposure to non-freezing cold and wet conditions. Originally reported in soldiers as trench foot during World War I, it is now more commonly seen in the homeless either because of vagrancy or as the result of conflict. Affected extremities are initially cold, numb, swollen and pulseless; this is followed by a period of intense hyperaemia and pain which then gives way to increased sweating and cold sensitivity.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: