Chapter 7 - Diseases of the eye and adnexa (H00-H59)»Disorders of conjunctiva (H10-H11)»Pinguecula (H11.15)

H11.15

Pinguecula

Sub-codes (4)

H11.151 Pinguecula, right eye
H11.152 Pinguecula, left eye
H11.153 Pinguecula, bilateral
H11.159 Pinguecula, unspecified eye

Related indications (MeSH) (1)

Pinguecula1 drug (1 experimental)

A yellowish thickened lesion on the conjunctiva near the CORNEA representing a benign degenerative change in the CONJUNCTIVA caused by the leakage and deposition of certain blood proteins through the permeable capillaries near the LIMBUS.