ICD-11 classes
08 Diseases of the nervous system
Disorders of cerebrospinal fluid pressure or flow
8D61 — Intracranial hypotension
8D61.0 — Spontaneous intracranial hypotension

ICD-11 8D61.0 — Spontaneous intracranial hypotension

The exact cause of spontaneous spinal CSF leaks usually remains unknown, but a combination of an underlying weakness of the spinal meninges and a trivial precipitating event is generally suspected.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.

The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:

• Intracranial hypotension #10930