Unsatisfactory surgical scar of skin

Definition

A surgical skin scar with a poor functional or cosmetic outcome.

5 subordinate codes

• EL50.0Keloidal surgical scar
• EL50.1Hypertrophic surgical scar
• EL50.2Atrophic surgical scar
• EL50.3Expanded surgical scar
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified

Nearby in Postprocedural disorders of the skin

• EL51Cutaneous flap necrosis
• EL52Myocutaneous flap necrosis
• EL53Skin graft failure
• EL54Composite graft failure
• EL60-EL63Adverse cutaneous effects of therapeutic ionizing irradiation
• EL73-EL73.6Complications of cutaneous cosmetic procedures
• EL80Adverse cutaneous effects of diagnostic procedures