ICD-11 classes
09 Diseases of the visual system
Disorders of the ocular adnexa or orbit
Disorders of orbit
9A23 — Orbital cyst
9A23.1 — Acquired orbital cyst
EK70.0 — Epidermoid cyst
ICD-11 EK70.0 — Epidermoid cyst
A cutaneous cyst with an epidermoid wall filled with keratin and its breakdown products. It most commonly forms as the result of squamous metaplasia in a damaged sebaceous gland but may result from trauma (traumatic inclusion cyst), especially when situated on the extremities. It typically presents as a spherical skin-coloured or yellowish nodule, often with a central pore opening onto the skin surface.
It includes 1 item.
- Epidermal inclusion cyst
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
Diagnosis with code EK70.0 contains 2 clarifying diagnoses:
- EK70.00 — Infected epidermoid cyst
- EK70.0Z — Epidermoid cyst, unspecified
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Cysts of eyelid #2753
- Epidermoid cyst #2754
- Cysts of eyelid #9242
- Epidermoid cyst #9243
- Cysts of eyelid #10333
- Epidermoid cyst #10334
- Cutaneous cysts #17362
- Epidermoid cyst #17363