ICD-11 code : 5B5C.0;
Preferred Label : Pellagra;
ICD-11 definition : Pellagra is a potentially life-threatening disorder due to niacin deficiency and is
observed in malnourished individuals, especially alcoholics, and as a complication
of isoniazid therapy. The diagnosis is often overlooked or delayed. Pellagra manifests
as diarrhoea, dermatitis, dementia, which usually appear in this order. Gastrointestinal
tract symptoms always precede skin involvement, which presents initially with a sunburn-like
blistering erythema, typically affecting the dorsal surfaces of the hands, face, neck,
arms, and feet. With time the skin becomes thickened, scaly and pigmented.;
ICD-11 inclusion : Pellagroid syndrome; polyneuropathy in pellagra;
Origin ID : 1108993080;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- ICD-10 Mapping
Pellagra is a potentially life-threatening disorder due to niacin deficiency and is
observed in malnourished individuals, especially alcoholics, and as a complication
of isoniazid therapy. The diagnosis is often overlooked or delayed. Pellagra manifests
as diarrhoea, dermatitis, dementia, which usually appear in this order. Gastrointestinal
tract symptoms always precede skin involvement, which presents initially with a sunburn-like
blistering erythema, typically affecting the dorsal surfaces of the hands, face, neck,
arms, and feet. With time the skin becomes thickened, scaly and pigmented.
