Seizure due to acute causes

Description

A clinical seizure occurring at the time of a systemic insult or in close temporal association with a documented brain insult. [1]

Subcategories

• 8A63.0 Febrile seizures

  Seizures associated with a rise of the body temperature in the absence of intracranial infection, metabolic disturbance, or history of afebrile seizures. They most commonly occur in children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years. [1]

Coded elsewhere

• Migraine aura-triggered seizures (8A80.3Y)

References

1. World Health Organization. International Classification of Diseases, 11th Revision, for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics (ICD-11 MMS), 2026-01 release. World Health Organization; 2026.

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