ICD-11 classes
04 Diseases of the immune system
Allergic or hypersensitivity conditions
4A85 — Complex allergic or hypersensitivity conditions
4A85.1 — Hypersensitivity to herbal and alternative medical therapies
ICD-11 4A85.1 — Hypersensitivity to herbal and alternative medical therapies
Hypersensitivity to herbal and alternative medical therapies refers to unpredictable conditions clinically resembling allergy that cause objectively reproducible symptoms or signs, initiated by exposure to herbal and other alternatives medical therapies, such as homeopathy, cupping or acupuncture. Herbal and alternative medical therapies are not customarily regarded as drugs, but can trigger immune and non-immune mediated reactions, which occur in susceptible individuals. These reactions are triggered by doses and procedures usually tolerated by normal subjects.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
It excludes 1 item.
- Adverse cutaneous reactions to herbal, homoeopathic or other alternative therapies (EH78)
It has no clarifying diagnoses.