ICD-11 classes
08 Diseases of the nervous system
Epilepsy or seizures
8A62 — Epileptic encephalopathies
ICD-11 8A62 — Epileptic encephalopathies
Epilepsies for which no clear etiology can be detected or occurring at the presence of two or more static structural or metabolic conditions increasing the risk for epileptic seizures. The epileptic activity itself may contribute to severe cognitive and behavioural impairments above and beyond what might be expected from the underlying pathology alone.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
Diagnosis with code 8A62 contains 5 clarifying diagnoses:
- 8A62.0 — Infantile spasms
- 8A62.1 — Lennox-Gastaut syndrome
- 8A62.2 — Acquired epileptic aphasia
- 8A62.Y — Other specified epileptic encephalopathies
- 8A62.Z — Epileptic encephalopathies, unspecified