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08 - Diseases of the nervous system

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

This is a group of conditions characterised as being in or associated with the nervous system.

exclusions

• Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases  (Chapter 05)
• Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium  (Chapter 18)
• Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period  (Chapter 19)
• Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes  (Chapter 22)

code elsewhere

• Structural developmental anomalies of the nervous system  (LA00-LA0Z)
• Syndromes with central nervous system anomalies as a major feature  (LD20)
• Non-viral and unspecified infections of the central nervous system  (1D00-1D0Z)
• Symptoms, signs or clinical findings of the nervous system  (MB40-MB9Y)
• Paralytic symptoms  (MB50-MB5Z)
• Dissociative neurological symptom disorder  (6B60)
• Diseases of the nervous system complicating pregnancy, childbirth or the puerperium  (JB64.3)

sections/codes in this chapter

• Neoplasms of the nervous system
• Injuries of the nervous system
• Movement disorders  (8A00-8A0Z)
• Disorders with neurocognitive impairment as a major feature  (8A20-8A2Z)
• Multiple sclerosis or other white matter disorders  (8A40-8A4Z)
• Epilepsy or seizures  (8A60-8A6Z)
• Headache disorders  (8A80-8A8Z)
• Cerebrovascular diseases  (8B00-8B2Z)
• Spinal cord disorders excluding trauma  (8B40-8B4Z)
• Motor neuron diseases or related disorders  (8B60-8B6Z)
• Disorders of nerve root, plexus or peripheral nerves  (8B80-8C4Z)
• Diseases of neuromuscular junction or muscle  (8C60-8D0Z)
• Cerebral palsy  (8D20-8D2Z)
• Nutritional or toxic disorders of the nervous system  (8D40-8D4Z)
• Disorders of cerebrospinal fluid pressure or flow  (8D60-8D6Z)
• Disorders of autonomic nervous system  (8D80-8D8Z)
• Human prion diseases  (8E00-8E0Z)
• Disorders of consciousness  (8E20-8E2Z)
• Other disorders of the nervous system  (8E40-8E4Y)
• Postprocedural disorders of the nervous system  (8E60-8E66)
• Other specified diseases of the nervous system  (8E7Y)
• Diseases of the nervous system, unspecified  (8E7Z)

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