ICD-11 classes
20 Developmental anomalies
LD90 — Conditions with disorders of intellectual development as a...
LA05.60 — Porencephaly
ICD-11 LA05.60 — Porencephaly
Porencephaly is characterised by a circumscribed intracerebral cavity of variable size that may be bordered by abnormal polymicrogyric grey matter. In extreme cases, this cavity may result in a communication between the pial surface and the ventricle; this is termed schizencephaly.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Encephaloclastic disorders #8709
- Encephaloclastic disorders #22255