ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Postprocedural disorders of the skin
EL50 — Unsatisfactory surgical scar of skin
EL50.3 — Expanded surgical scar
ICD-11 EL50.3 — Expanded surgical scar
A widened surgical scar, often resulting from inadequate deep suturing or poor surgical technique. They are common in disorders of connective tissue such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome.
It includes 1 item.
- Stretched scar
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.