ICD-11 classes
02 Neoplasms
Benign neoplasms, except of lymphoid, haematopoietic,...
Benign mesenchymal neoplasms
2E80 — Benign lipomatous neoplasm
2E80.0 — Lipoma
2E80.01 — Deep subfascial lipoma

ICD-11 2E80.01 — Deep subfascial lipoma

Deep subfascial lipomata are benign neoplasms of adipose tissue which arise deep to the deep fascia and have a tendency to infiltrate between and into muscle. They may occur at any body site and may cause diagnostic difficulty. They are well recognised to occur on the forehead beneath the frontalis muscle (frontalis-associated lipoma).

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.

The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:

• Benign adipocytic neoplasms of skin or soft tissue #17376