Disorders of cutaneous connective tissue

Definition

Skin disorders attributable to abnormalities affecting dermal and subcutaneous collagen, elastin and other connective tissue components.

6 subordinate codes

• EE40Atrophy or degeneration of dermal or subcutaneous connective tissue
• EE41Abnormalities of dermal elastin
• EE50-EE50Poikiloderma
• EE60-EE6ZFibromatoses or keloids
• EE70Perforating dermatoses
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system

Nearby in Disorders of the dermis or subcutis

• EE80-EE8ZHistiocytic-granulomatous disorders of the skin
• EE90-EE91Benign dermal lymphocytic or lymphoplasmacytic infiltrations or proliferations
• EF00-EF0YDisorders of subcutaneous fat