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
LA40 — Cleft lip
LA40.1 — Cleft lip, bilateral
ICD-11 LA40.1 — Cleft lip, bilateral
A condition caused by failure of the upper lip to correctly develop during the antenatal period. This condition is characterised by two fissures in the upper lip and a collapsed and stretched nose through one side of the upper lip. This condition may present with disruption of sucking or swallowing in neonates.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
It excludes 1 item.
- Cleft lip and alveolus (LA41)
It has no clarifying diagnoses.