ICD-11 classes
06 Mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders
07 Sleep-wake disorders
Sleep-related movement disorders
7A85 — Benign sleep myoclonus of infancy
ICD-11 7A85 — Benign sleep myoclonus of infancy
Benign sleep myoclonus of infancy is characterised by repetitive myoclonic jerks that occur during sleep in neonates and infants. Benign sleep myoclonus of infancy is commonly confused with epilepsy. However, unlike the jerks of myoclonic seizures and myoclonic encephalopathy, the jerks of Benign sleep myoclonus of infancy occur exclusively during sleep. The jerks are often bilateral and massive, typically involving large muscle groups.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: