ICD-11 classes
09 Diseases of the visual system
Disorders of the ocular adnexa or orbit
Disorders of eyelid or peri-ocular area
9A02 — Inflammatory disorders of eyelid
9A02.1 — Posterior blepharitis
ICD-11 9A02.1 — Posterior blepharitis
Posterior blepharitis is inflammation of the eyelids secondary to dysfunction of the meibomian glands. Like anterior blepharitis it is a bilateral chronic condition and manifested by a broad spectrum of symptoms involving the lids including inflammation and plugging of the meibomian orifices and production of abnormal secretion upon pressure over the glands. It may be associated with skin rosacea.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Rosacea #16382
- Inflammatory disorders of eyelid #16784
- Rosacea #17261