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
LA05.62 — Hydranencephaly
ICD-11 LA05.62 — Hydranencephaly
A condition caused by failure of the cerebral hemispheres to develop during the antenatal period. This condition is characterised by a lack of a forebrain upon imaging. This condition may present with visual impairment, lack of growth, deafness, blindness, spastic quadriparesis, or intellectual deficits.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Encephaloclastic disorders #22255