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ED00 Artefactual skin disorder

International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2024-01

Artefactual skin disorder encompasses a diverse range of self-inflicted skin injuries that are provoked by mechanical means or by the application or injection of chemical irritants or caustics. They may simulate other dermatoses but usually have a distinctive, geometric, bizarre configuration which cannot be otherwise explained.

inclusions

• Dermatitis artefacta

exclusions

• Excoriation disorder  (6B25.1)
• Factitious disorders  (6D50-6D5Z)
• Malingering  (QC30)

code elsewhere

• Artefactual panniculitis  (EF00.Y)

synonyms

• Artefactual skin disorder
• Dermatitis artefacta
• factitial dermatitis
• Artefactual cheilitis
• Factitious cheilitis

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