| Dermatitis Classification and external resources |
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| ICD-9 | 692.9 |
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| MeSH | D003872 |
Dermatitis is a blanket term meaning any "inflammation of the skin" (e. The International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (most commonly known by the abbreviation ICD) provides codes to classify Diseases The following is a list of codes for International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems. Medical Subject Headings ( MeSH) is a huge Controlled vocabulary (or metadata system for the purpose of indexing journal articles and books A blanket term is a word or Phrase that is used to describe multiple groups of related things Inflammation ( Latin, inflamatio, to set on fire is the complex biological response of vascular tissues to harmful stimuli such as Pathogens g. rashes etc. ). There are several different types. Usually all of them have in common an allergic reaction to specific allergens. The term may be used to refer to eczema, which is also known as Dermatitis eczema. Eczema (from Greek έκζεμα) is a form of Dermatitis, or Inflammation of the Epidermis.