- acute infectious, usually self-limited, disease believed to represent activation of latent varicella zoster virus in those who have been rendered partially immune after a previous attack of chickenpox; it involves the sensory ganglia and their areas of innervation and is characterized by severe neuralgic pain along the distribution of the affected nerve and crops of clustered vesicles over the area.
- A common dermal and neurologic disorder caused by reactivation of the varicella-zoster virus that has remained dormant within dorsal root ganglia, often for decades, after the patient's initial exposure to the virus in the form of varicella (chickenpox). It is characterized by severe neuralgic pain along the distribution of the affected nerve and crops of clustered vesicles over the area.
053 Herpes zoster convert 053 to ICD-10
053.0 … with meningitis convert 053.0 to ICD-10
053.1 Herpes zoster with other nervous system complications convert 053.1 to ICD-10

053.10 Herpes zoster with unspecified nervous system complication convert 053.10 to ICD-10

053.11 Geniculate herpes zoster convert 053.11 to ICD-10

053.12 Postherpetic trigeminal neuralgia convert 053.12 to ICD-10

053.13 Postherpetic polyneuropathy convert 053.13 to ICD-10

053.14 Herpes zoster myelitis convert 053.14 to ICD-10

053.19 Herpes zoster with other nervous system complications convert 053.19 to ICD-10
053.2 Herpes zoster with ophthalmic complications convert 053.2 to ICD-10

053.20 Herpes zoster dermatitis of eyelid convert 053.20 to ICD-10

053.21 Herpes zoster keratoconjunctivitis convert 053.21 to ICD-10

053.22 Herpes zoster iridocyclitis convert 053.22 to ICD-10

053.29 Herpes zoster with other ophthalmic complications convert 053.29 to ICD-10
053.7 Herpes zoster with other specified complications convert 053.7 to ICD-10

053.71 Otitis externa due to herpes zoster convert 053.71 to ICD-10

053.79 Herpes zoster with other specified complications convert 053.79 to ICD-10
053.8 … with unspecified complication convert 053.8 to ICD-10
053.9 … without mention of complication convert 053.9 to ICD-10