ICD-11 classes
08 Diseases of the nervous system
Structural developmental anomalies of the nervous system
LA05 — Cerebral structural developmental anomalies
LA05.8 — Colpocephaly
ICD-11 LA05.8 — Colpocephaly
A condition caused by the white matter in the posterior cerebrum has failed to develop or thicken during the antenatal period. This conditions is characterised by the occipital horns-the posterior or rear portion of the lateral ventricles(cavities) of the brain-are larger than normal.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
It excludes 2 items.
- Porencephaly (LA05.60)
- stenosis of interventricular foramen (ME93)
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: