ICD-11 classes
09 Diseases of the visual system
Disorders of the eyeball - posterior segment
Disorders of sclera
9B50 — Episcleritis

ICD-11 9B50 — Episcleritis

Episcleritis is a benign, self-limiting inflammatory disease affecting part of the eye called the episclera. The episclera is a thin layer of tissue that lies between the conjunctiva and the connective tissue layer that forms the white of the eye (sclera). Episcleritis is a common condition, and is characterised by the abrupt onset of mild eye pain and redness.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.