systemic vasculitis

Necrotizing vasculitis also called Systemic necrotizing vasculitus (SNV) is a category of vasculitis, comprising vasculitides that present with necrosis.Examples include giant cell arteritis, microscopic polyangiitis, and granulomatosis with polyangiitis.

ICD-10 uses the variant 'necrotizing vasculopathy'. ICD-9, while classifying these conditions together, doesn't use a dedicated phrase, instead calling them 'polyarteritis nodosa and allied conditions'.

When using the influential classification ...