ICD-11 classes
09 Diseases of the visual system
Disorders of the ocular adnexa or orbit
Disorders of eyelid or peri-ocular area
9A01 — Infectious disorders of eyelid
9A01.2 — Hordeolum
9A01.20 — Hordeolum externum
ICD-11 9A01.20 — Hordeolum externum
An acute focal pyogenic infection of the eyelash follicle commonly known as a stye and caused predominantly by Staphylococcus aureus. It presents as an acute painful inflammatory eyelid swelling which subsequently discharges at the eyelid margin.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Hordeolum #16771