ICD-11 classes
09 Diseases of the visual system
Disorders of the eyeball - posterior segment
Disorders of the retina
9B72 — Inflammatory diseases of the retina
9B72.0 — Viral retinitis
9B72.00 — Cytomegaloviral retinitis
ICD-11 9B72.00 — Cytomegaloviral retinitis
This is an inflammation of the eye's retina that can lead to blindness. This is a DNA virus in the family Herpesviridae known for producing large cells with nuclear and cytoplasmic inclusions. Such inclusions are called an «owl's eye» effect.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: