Preferred Label : Chronic tonsillitis;
ICD-11 definition : Persistent or recurrent inflammation of the round-to-oval masses of lymphoid tissue
embedded in the lateral wall of the pharynx (tonsils);
ICD-11 synonym : chronic infection of tonsil;
ICD-11 inclusion : infected tonsillar remnant; chronic suppuration of tonsil; infected tonisl remnant; hypertrophic tonsillitis; chronic infected tonsil remnant;
Origin ID : 1790351975;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
Persistent or recurrent inflammation of the round-to-oval masses of lymphoid tissue
embedded in the lateral wall of the pharynx (tonsils)
