ICD-11 classes
08 Diseases of the nervous system
Structural developmental anomalies of the nervous system
LA05 — Cerebral structural developmental anomalies
LA05.6 — Encephaloclastic disorders
LA05.61 — Schizencephaly

ICD-11 LA05.61 — Schizencephaly

Schizencephaly is a rare congenital cerebral malformation characterised by the presence of linear clefts in one or both hemispheres of the brain, extending from the lateral ventricles to the pial surface of the cortex, and that lead to a variety of neurological symptoms such as epilepsy, motor deficits, and psychomotor retardation.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.

The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:

• Encephaloclastic disorders #22255