ICD-11 classes
03 Diseases of the blood or blood-forming organs
Diseases of spleen
3B81 — Acquired disorders of spleen
3B81.7 — Infection of spleen
3B81.71 — Abscess of spleen
ICD-11 3B81.71 — Abscess of spleen
This is a collection of pus (neutrophils) that has accumulated within a tissue because of an inflammatory process in response to either an infectious process (usually caused by bacteria or parasites) or other foreign materials (e.g., splinters, bullet wounds, or injecting needles), in the spleen.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.