Onchocerciasis of the eye

ICD-11 code : 1F6A.0;

Preferred Label : Onchocerciasis of the eye;

ICD-11 definition : A disease of the eye, caused by an infection with the parasitic worm Onchocerca volvulus. This disease is characterized by transient punctate keratitis, or potentially blinding conditions (such as sclerosing keratitis, iridocyclitis, or optic atrophy). Transmission is through the bite of an infected Simulium fly. Confirmation is by identification of Onchocerca volvulus from the anterior chamber of the eye.;

ICD-11 synonym : River blindness; Onchophthalmia; River valley blindness; Ocular onchocerciasis;

ICD-11 inclusion : Ocular onchocerciasis;

Details

Origin ID

125842620;

UMLS CUI

C0029001;

Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Ocular Onchocerciasis [NCIt concept]
- Ocular onchocerciasis (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- River blindness [MedDRA LLT]
- onchocerciasis, ocular [MeSH Descriptor]
- onchocerciasis, ocular [MeSH concept]
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Infection caused by Onchocerca volvulus (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Onchocerciasis [NCIt concept]
- Onchocerciasis [ORDO Disease]
- infection by onchocerca volvulus [SNOMED Notion]
ICD-10 Mapping
- Onchocerciasis [ICD-10 category]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Infection caused by Onchocerca volvulus (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Onchocerca volvulus infection [MedDRA LLT]
- Onchocerciasis [ICD-9 code]
- Onchocerciasis [DeCS]
- Onchocerciasis [ICD-10 category]
- Onchocerciasis [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Onchocerciasis [NCIt concept]
- Onchocerciasis [ORDO Disease]
- Onchocerciasis [PASCAL descriptor]
- infection by onchocerca volvulus [SNOMED Notion]
- onchocerciasis [DO Concept]
- onchocerciasis [MeSH Descriptor]
- onchocerciasis [MeSH concept]
- onchocerciasis [Disease (Nov.)]

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