ICD-11 classes
20 Developmental anomalies
Structural developmental anomalies primarily affecting one...
Structural developmental anomalies of the nervous system
LA07 — Structural developmental anomalies of the neurenteric...
LA07.1 — Diastematomyelia
ICD-11 LA07.1 — Diastematomyelia
A condition caused by failure of the of the spinal cord during the antenatal period. This condition is characterised by separation of the spinal cord into two parts by a rigid or fibrous septum. This condition may present with misformed vertebrae, pain, weakness, impaired gait, sensory changes in the legs, or sphincter disturbance. Confirmation is through observation of a septum-bifurcated spinal cord by imagine.
It includes 1 item.
- Split cord malformation
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: