ICD-11 classes
08 Diseases of the nervous system
Spinal cord disorders excluding trauma
8B44 — Degenerative myelopathic disorders
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
- Hereditary ataxia #6666
The diagnosis is included in 1 another class.
- Hereditary optic neuropathy associated with hereditary ataxias (8A03.15)