ICD-11 classes
08 Diseases of the nervous system
Human prion diseases
8E01 — Acquired prion disease
8E01.3 — Other acquired Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

ICD-11 8E01.3 — Other acquired Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

There have been cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) associated with neurosurgical procedures and stereotactic electroencephalogram (EEG) electrode placement on the brain, particularly in the 1950s to 1970s when the transmissibility of prions was not yet recognised.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.

The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:

• Acquired prion disease #1436