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Multiple sclerosis

International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2024-01

Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic, inflammatory demyelinating disease of the central nervous system. Three categories of multiple sclerosis have been outlined: Relapsing/remitting, secondary progressive and primary progressive multiple sclerosis.

code elsewhere

• Retrobulbar neuritis in multiple sclerosis  (9C40.1Y)

sections/codes in this section (8A40-8A40)

• Relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis  (8A40.0)
• Primary progressive multiple sclerosis  (8A40.1)
• Secondary progressive multiple sclerosis  (8A40.2)
• Other specified multiple sclerosis  (8A40.Y)
• Multiple sclerosis, unspecified  (8A40.Z)

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