ulcer of skin

Description

Injury to the top layers of the skin to produce a crater or "open sore";

Category

Skin

ICD-9 Code

707.9

ICD-10 Code

L98.4

Medical Subject Heading

Diseases

Diseases associated with this finding or symptom:

• African trypanosomiasis
• Anthrax
• Blastomycosis
• Boutonneuse fever
• Brucellosis
• Chromium, chronic toxic effect
• Chromomycosis
• Chronic beryllium disease
• Coccidioidomycosis
• Diphtheria
• Entamoeba histolytica infection
• Glanders
• Herpetic whitlow
• Leishmaniasis
• Melioidosis
• Paracoccidioidomycosis
• Plague
• Rat-bite fever
• Rickettsialpox
• Sporotrichosis
• Tularemia
• Typhus, mite-borne scrub