Vasculitis limited to skin, NOS
ICD10 Diagnosis | |
Dx: | Vasculitis limited to skin, NOS |
ICD10 code: | L95.9 |
Pre-ICD10 counterpart: | none assigned |
Charlson/ALERT Scale: | none |
APACHE Como Component: | none |
APACHE Acute Component: | none |
Start Date: | |
Stop Date: | |
Data Dependencies(Reports/Indicators/Data Elements): | No results |
External ICD10 Documentation |
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Additional Info
- The definite diagnosis of vasculitis is established after a biopsy of involved organ or tissue, such as skin, sinuses, lung, nerve, brain and kidney. The biopsy elucidates the pattern of blood vessel inflammation. ... It can demonstrate characteristic patterns of inflammation in affected blood vessels
- Cutaneous vasculitis is a group of disorders in which there are inflamed blood vessels in the skin. These may include capillaries, venules, arterioles and lymphatics. Cutaneous vasculitis has several different causes. There are a wide variety of clinical presentations
{sc:Henoci-Schonlein, polyarteritis nodosa, urticaria, Wegener's}
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