ICD-11 classes
01 Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
Viral infections characterised by skin or mucous membrane...
Varicella zoster virus infections
1E91 — Zoster
1E91.1 — Ophthalmic zoster
ICD-11 1E91.1 — Ophthalmic zoster
A disease of the eyes, caused by the reactivation of a latent infection with varicella zoster virus in the trigeminal nerve. This disease is characterised by a periorbital rash (typically within one dermatome), and conjunctivitis.
It includes 6 items.
- Zoster keratoconjunctivitis
- Zoster conjunctivitis
- Zoster keratitis
- Zoster scleritis
- Zoster anterior uveitis
- Zoster infection of eyelid
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: