ICD-11 classes
09 Diseases of the visual system
Strabismus or ocular motility disorders
Diseases of neuromuscular junction or muscle

ICD-11 Diseases of neuromuscular junction or muscle

Diseases resulting from destruction or malfunction of the neuromuscular junction, a chemical synapse formed between the end of the motor nerve terminal and the voluntary muscle. Pathology can occur at the presynaptic or postsynaptic membrane and leads to dysfunction of neuromuscular transmission. Common diseases of this category include Myasthenia Gravis and Lambert Eaton Myasthenic Syndrome.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

Diagnosis contains 5 clarifying diagnoses:

1. Myasthenia gravis or certain specified neuromuscular junction disorders
   It contains 6 clarifying diagnoses.
2. Primary disorders of muscles
   It contains 13 clarifying diagnoses.
3. Secondary myopathies
   It contains 9 clarifying diagnoses.
4. 8D0Y — Other specified diseases of neuromuscular junction or muscle
5. 8D0Z — Diseases of neuromuscular junction or muscle, unspecified

The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:

• 08 Diseases of the nervous system #6601
• Diseases of neuromuscular junction or muscle #7434