L85.1: Acquired keratosis [keratoderma] palmaris et plantaris
Your skin on the palms or soles of the feet has thickened.
Normally, the body forms a thicker skin on areas of the skin that are subject to pressure over a long period of time. This thickened skin is called callused skin. Callused skin is tougher than normal skin and is supposed to protect the relevant places from further pressure.
Various diseases make the body form too much horny skin. The affected parts of the skin are thickened and dry.
Additional indicator
On medical documents, the ICD code is often appended by letters that indicate the diagnostic certainty or the affected side of the body.
- G: Confirmed diagnosis
- V: Tentative diagnosis
- Z: Condition after
- A: Excluded diagnosis
- L: Left
- R: Right
- B: Both sides
Further information
Source
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