ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Benign proliferations, neoplasms and cysts of the skin
Benign cutaneous neoplasms
2E81.2 — Benign vascular neoplasms of infancy and childhood
2E81.20 — Focal infantile haemangioma

ICD-11 2E81.20 — Focal infantile haemangioma

Infantile haemangioma is a common benign vascular neoplasm which develops in about 4% of infants. It appears within weeks of birth as a blanched, blushed, or telangiectatic area that then rapidly proliferates for several months before entering a prolonged process of involution lasting up to 12 years, leaving a residual variably prominent scar. A solitary focal tumour is seen in about 85% of cases. Over half of cases are located on the head and neck. Complications include bleeding, infection, ulceration and, in tumours situated close to the eye, amblyopia.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.

The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:

• Benign vascular neoplasms of infancy and childhood #2601
• Benign vascular neoplasms of infancy and childhood #2717
• Benign vascular neoplasms of infancy and childhood #11970