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Clinical categories of warts include: Common warts (Verruca vulgaris): A raised wart with roughened surface, most common on hands, but can grow anywhere on the body. Plantar warts (Verruca plantaris): A hard, sometimes painful lump, often with multiple black specks in the center; usually only found on pressure points on the soles of the feet.
Flat warts (Verruca plana): A small, smooth flattened wart, flesh-colored, which can occur in large numbers; most common on the face, neck, hands, wrists and knees. Commonly seen in teenagers. Venereal warts (Condyloma acuminatum, Verruca acuminata): A wart that occurs on the genitalia.
Tuberculosis warts (Lupus verrucosus, Prosector’s wart, Warty tuberculosis): A rash of small, red papular nodules in the skin that may appear 2-4 weeks after inoculation by Mycobacterium tuberculosis in a previously infected and immunocompetent individual. Code Selection depends on the type of wart: B07.0 Plantar wart. Verruca plantaris.
Warts are a form of lesion most often caused by a viral infection ; however, some warts are bacterial, rather than viral. Warts are most common in children, young adults, and people with immune system deficiencies. Clinical categories of warts include: