ICD-11 classes
08 Diseases of the nervous system
Movement disorders
8A03 — Ataxic disorders
8A03.1 — Hereditary ataxia
8A03.10 — Friedreich ataxia
ICD-11 8A03.10 — Friedreich ataxia
Friedreich ataxia is an autosomal recessive ataxia characterised by difficulties to coordinate movements, associated with neurological signs (dysarthria, loss of reflexes, decrease of deep sensation, pes cavus and scoliosis), cardiomyopathy and sometimes diabetes mellitus. It is due to a mutation in the fratxin gene.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Iron overload diseases #4650
- Iron overload diseases #4995
- Degenerative myelopathic disorders #7147
The diagnosis is included in 1 another class.
- Hereditary optic neuropathy associated with hereditary ataxias (8A03.15)