ICD-11 code : GA34.02;
Preferred Label : Vulvodynia;
ICD-11 definition : Vulvodynia describes a chronic sensation of pain, burning or rawness of vulval skin
which cannot be ascribed to any specific cause and persists for at least three months.
Symptoms may be diffuse and unprovoked (dysaesthetic vulvodynia) or localised, usually
to the vulval vestibule, and provoked by touch (vestibulodynia). Dysaesthetic vulvodynia
characteristically occurs in postmenopausal women who are often not sexually active:
pain is spontaneous and often occurs independently of touch. Vestibulodynia occurs
typically in younger women and is characterized by vestibular tenderness to touch,
erythema of the vestibular epithelium and secondary dyspareunia.;
ICD-11 synonym : Burning sensation of vulva; Vulval pain syndrome;
ICD-11 inclusion : Vestibulodynia; Dysaesthetic vulvodynia; Vulval dysaesthesia syndrome;
Origin ID : 1539507119;
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Vulvodynia describes a chronic sensation of pain, burning or rawness of vulval skin
which cannot be ascribed to any specific cause and persists for at least three months.
Symptoms may be diffuse and unprovoked (dysaesthetic vulvodynia) or localised, usually
to the vulval vestibule, and provoked by touch (vestibulodynia). Dysaesthetic vulvodynia
characteristically occurs in postmenopausal women who are often not sexually active:
pain is spontaneous and often occurs independently of touch. Vestibulodynia occurs
typically in younger women and is characterized by vestibular tenderness to touch,
erythema of the vestibular epithelium and secondary dyspareunia.
