ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Symptoms or signs involving the skin
ME63 — Chronic skin disorder of uncertain or unspecified nature
ME63.6 — Chronic discoid or annular skin disorder
ICD-11 ME63.6 — Chronic discoid or annular skin disorder
A provisional diagnosis for a chronic skin disorder of unknown or uncertain nature consisting 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: