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
KC22.1 — Cold panniculitis of the newborn
ICD-11 KC22.1 — Cold panniculitis of the newborn
Cold panniculitis resulting either from exposure of neonates to low environmental temperature or from local application of cold objects (e.g. ice packs for management of neonatal supraventricular tachycardia). The newborn are particularly susceptible as a result of a high saturated/unsaturated fat ratio in subcutaneous fat with a consequent elevation of the freezing point of fat.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: