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
9A01.21 — Hordeolum internum
ICD-11 9A01.21 — Hordeolum internum
A focal acute pyogenic infection, usually by Staphylococcus aureus, of a meibomian gland, the normal secretion from which into the eyelash follicle is blocked. It presents as an acute inflammatory swelling which may discharge onto the conjunctival surface of the eyelid, or rarely anteriorly through the eyelid skin. It may predispose to formation of a chalazion.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
It excludes 1 item.
- Chalazion (9A02.0)
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Hordeolum #16771