ICD-11 classes
08 Diseases of the nervous system
Epilepsy or seizures
8A61 — Genetic or presumed genetic syndromes primarily expressed...
8A61.2 — Genetic epileptic syndromes with childhood onset
8A61.21 — Childhood absence epilepsy

ICD-11 8A61.21 — Childhood absence epilepsy

Epilepsy with onset in an otherwise normal child of 2 to 12 years of age, often with multiple daily brief staring episodes lasting an average of 10 seconds. Absence seizures are usually provoked by hyperventilation. The electroencephalogram shows ictal and interictal diffuse 2.5-3 cycles per second spike and wave discharges. The genetic pattern is probably polygenetic.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.