ICD-11 classes
11 Diseases of the circulatory system
Cerebrovascular diseases
Cerebral ischaemia
8B11 — Cerebral ischaemic stroke
8B11.2 — Cerebral ischaemic stroke due to embolic occlusion
8B11.22 — Cerebral ischaemic stroke due to paradoxical embolism
ICD-11 8B11.22 — Cerebral ischaemic stroke due to paradoxical embolism
This is a sudden loss of brain function due to a lack of adequate blood flow. It is the result of a thromboembolism – a blood clot that detached and travelled through the blood vessels – that originated in the venous system. Because of a heart defect, it passes through to the systemic circulation system, instead of becoming lodged in the lungs.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: