ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Cutaneous markers of internal disorders
FA25.20 — Tophaceous gout
ICD-11 FA25.20 — Tophaceous gout
Tophi are precipitates of monosodium urate in the tissues of patients with hyperuricaemia and may be associated with other manifestations of hyperuricaemia including gouty arthropathy. They present particularly in the skin and subcutaneous tissue. One of the more common sites for them is the helix of the ear.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: