Description
atopic eczema: A chronic inflammatory genetically determined disease of the skin marked by increased ability to form reagin (IgE), with increased susceptibility to allergic rhinitis and asthma, and hereditary disposition to a lowered threshold for pruritus. It is manifested by lichenification, excoriation, and crusting, mainly on the flexural surfaces of the elbow and knee. In infants it is known as infantile eczema.
Data source
| FinnGen phenocode |
L12_ATOPIC |
| Hospital Discharge registry |
ICD-10: L20, ICD-8: 691 |
| Hospital Discharge registry: exclude ICD-9 |
6918X |
| Cause of Death registry |
ICD-10: L20, ICD-8: 691 |
| Cause of Death registry: exclude ICD-9 |
6918X |
| KELA reimboursements codes |
ANY |
| KELA reimbursements |
ICD-10: L20 |
| Level in the ICD-hierarchy |
3 |
| First defined in version |
DF2 |
Ontology