1B75.3 Pyogenic abscess of the skin

International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2025-01

A pus-producing abscess of the skin most commonly due to bacterial infection by Staphylococcus aureus. It is prone to develop where the normal anatomy is disturbed as in pilonidal disease, an epidermoid cyst or around foreign bodies such as surgical sutures.

code elsewhere

• Sacrococcygeal pilonidal abscess  (EG63.2)
• Infected epidermoid cyst  (EK70.00)

postcoordination

synonyms

• Pyogenic abscess of the skin
• abscess NOS

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