ICD-11 classes
16 Diseases of the genitourinary system
Disorders of breast
Neoplasms of the breast
2E65 — Carcinoma in situ of breast
2E65.5 — Paget disease of nipple
ICD-11 2E65.5 — Paget disease of nipple
Paget disease of the nipple describes a rare presentation of breast cancer, seen most frequently in women aged 50-60, manifesting with nipple drainage and itching, erythema, crusty, excoriated nipple, thickened plaques and hyperpigmentation (less frequently). It is due to tumour cells invading the nipple-areola complex and represents 1%-3% of all new breast cancer diagnoses.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: