ICD-11 classes
20 Developmental anomalies
Structural developmental anomalies primarily affecting one...
Structural developmental anomalies of the eye, eyelid or...
LA10 — Structural developmental anomalies of ocular globes
LA10.1 — Clinical anophthalmos
ICD-11 LA10.1 — Clinical anophthalmos
This refers to the clinical absence of one or both eyes. Both the globe (human eye) and the ocular tissue are missing from the orbit. The absence of the eye will cause a small bony orbit, a constricted mucosal socket, short eyelids, reduced palpebral fissure and malar prominence. Genetic mutations, chromosomal abnormalities, and prenatal environment can all cause anophthalmia. Anophthalmia is an extremely rare disease and is mostly rooted in genetic abnormalities.
It includes 2 items.
- Agenesis of eye
- Aplasia of eye
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: