ICD-11 classes
08 Diseases of the nervous system
Disorders of consciousness
8E20 — Persistent vegetative state

ICD-11 8E20 — Persistent vegetative state

Subacute or chronic state of severe disturbance of consciousness lasting at least a month, characterised by the recovery of cyclic arousal states mimicking sleep/wake cycles after a severe brain injury. Patients with this condition are unresponsive and show no evidence of awareness of themselves or their environment. Cardiopulmonary and visceral autonomic regulation is maintained by the brainstem.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.