ICD-11 classes
07 Sleep-wake disorders
Parasomnia disorders
7B00 — Disorders of arousal from non-REM sleep
7B00.2 — Sleep terrors
ICD-11 7B00.2 — Sleep terrors
Sleep terrors are characterised by episodes of abrupt terror during a partial arousal from deep sleep, typically beginning with a vocalization such as a frightening scream. The individual experiences intense fear accompanied by signs of autonomic arousal, such as mydriasis, tachycardia, tachypnea, and diaphoresis.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: