ICD-11 classes
20 Developmental anomalies
Structural developmental anomalies primarily affecting one...
Structural developmental anomalies of the face, mouth or...
Clefts of lip, alveolus or palate
ICD-11 Clefts of lip, alveolus or palate
A condition caused by failure of the structures of the mouth to correctly develop during the antenatal period. This condition is characterised by a fissure extending across the upper lip, nasal base, alveolar ridge or the palate. This condition may present with disruption of sucking or swallowing in neonates, recurrent otitis, transmission hypoacusia, or abnormalities of the maxillary lateral incisor.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
Diagnosis contains 5 clarifying diagnoses:
- LA40 — Cleft lip
It contains 3 clarifying diagnoses. - LA41 — Cleft lip and alveolus
It contains 2 clarifying diagnoses. - LA42 — Cleft palate
It contains 3 clarifying diagnoses. - LA4Y — Other specified clefts of lip, alveolus or palate
- LA4Z — Clefts of lip, alveolus or palate, unspecified