ICD-11 classes
09 Diseases of the visual system
Disorders of the ocular adnexa or orbit
1G01.0 — Ocular myiasis
ICD-11 1G01.0 — Ocular myiasis
A disease of the eye, caused by an infection with fly larvae from the order Diptera. This disease is characterised by a lump developing in the tissue. Transmission is by ingestion of contaminated larvae, direct contact with an infected mosquito, tick, fly, or indirect contact with infected fly eggs. Confirmation is by identification of Diptera.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Myiasis #1321