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LA51 Facial clefts

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

Any condition caused by failure of the structures of the face to correctly develop during the antenatal period. These conditions are characterised by a partition in bone, soft tissue, or skin of the face.

exclusions

• Frontofacionasal dysostosis  (LD25.3)
• Frontonasal dysplasia  (LD25.3)

synonyms

• Facial clefts
• Craniofacial clefts
• Median facial cleft
• Tessier number 0-14 and 30 facial cleft
• Midline facial cleft
• Median cleft lip or mandible
• Central cleft lip
• midline cleft lip
• Median cleft lip/mandible
• Median cleft of the upper lip or maxilla
• Midline cervical cleft
• Oblique facial cleft
• Orbitofacial cleft
• Tessier number 4 facial cleft
• Tessier number 5 facial cleft
• Tessier number 6 facial cleft
• Tessier number 7 facial cleft
• Lateral facial cleft
• Commissural facial cleft
• Paramedian facial cleft
• Tessier number 1, 2, 12 or 13 facial cleft
• Paramedian nasal cleft
• Tessier number 1 facial cleft

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