ICD-11 classes
19 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Neurological disorders specific to the perinatal or...
LA05.7 — Brain cystic malformations
ICD-11 LA05.7 — Brain cystic malformations
A disease caused by expansion of the roof plate of the brain vesicle, or by extraaxial structures such as an arachnoid membrane or migrating ependymal cells. This disease is characterised by the presence of fluid filled cysts in the brain. This disease may present with asymmetry of the skull, brain compression, raised intracranial pressure, hydrocephalus, bleeding or seizures. This disease may also be asymptomatic. Confirmation is through observation of intracerebral cysts by imaging.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
It excludes 3 items.
- Acquired porencephalic cysts (8E40)
- Dandy-Walker malformation with hydrocephalus (LA06.0)
- Dandy-Walker malformation without hydrocephalus (LA06.0)
Diagnosis with code LA05.7 contains 1 clarifying diagnosis:
- 8D67 — Intracranial arachnoid cyst
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Cerebral structural developmental anomalies #8698
- Cerebral structural developmental anomalies #22244
The diagnosis is included in 1 another class.
- Intracranial arachnoid cyst (8D67)