ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Skin disorders provoked by external factors
Skin injury due to exposure to corrosive substances

ICD-11 Skin injury due to exposure to corrosive substances

Damage to the skin caused by contact with corrosive or caustic substances. These include acids, alkalis and a large range of other agents (e.g. wet cement, phenolic compounds, peroxides, halogenated solvents).

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

Diagnosis contains 2 clarifying diagnoses:

1. ND99.1 — Chemical burn due to skin contact with corrosive substance
2. ND99 — Acute skin injury due to skin contact with corrosive substance
   It contains 1 clarifying diagnosis.