ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Benign proliferations, neoplasms and cysts of the skin
EK70 — Cutaneous cysts
EK70.0 — Epidermoid cyst
EK70.00 — Infected epidermoid cyst
ICD-11 EK70.00 — Infected epidermoid cyst
An epidermoid cyst which has become secondarily infected by, most commonly, Staphylococcus aureus. It manifests as pain, swelling and erythema of a preexisting cyst and is predisposed to rupture.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Pyogenic abscess of the skin #357
- Epidermoid cyst #2754
- Epidermoid cyst #9243
- Epidermoid cyst #9312
- Epidermoid cyst #10334
- Pyogenic abscess of the skin #15420