ICD-11 classes
05 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
Endocrine diseases
Endocrine disorders, not elsewhere classified
5B12 — Constitutional tall stature
ICD-11 5B12 — Constitutional tall stature
Constitutional (familial) tall stature, a variant of the normal pattern of childhood growth and development, is defined as a condition in which the height of an individual is more than 2 SD above the corresponding mean height for a normal subject of the same age and gender. Distinguishing features are a family history of tall stature and lack of dimorphism or other clinical features suggesting pathologic causes of abnormally rapid growth.
It includes 1 item.
- Constitutional gigantism
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: