ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Symptoms or signs involving the skin
ME62 — Acute skin eruption of uncertain or unspecified nature
ME62.8 — Acute discoid or annular skin eruption
ICD-11 ME62.8 — Acute discoid or annular skin eruption
A provisional diagnosis for a skin eruption of unknown or uncertain nature which arises abruptly and consists of multiple circular or ring-shaped patches and plaques. Although infection due to dermatophyte infection (tinea or ringworm) can produce this pattern, many other skin disorders may have a discoid or annular configuration: these are frequently misdiagnosed as tinea. Common examples include atopic eczema, nummular dermatitis and psoriasis.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: