Alcohol withdrawal with seizures

Description

All diagnostic requirements for Alcohol withdrawal are met and the withdrawal state is accompanied by seizures (i.e., generalised tonic-clonic seizures) but not by perceptual disturbances.

Index terms

Alcohol withdrawal with seizures
Acute seizures due to alcohol withdrawal

Exclusions from above levels

QE10 – Hazardous alcohol use
QE62 – Uncomplicated bereavement
QE84 – Acute stress reaction

Sibling codes

6C40.40 – Alcohol withdrawal, uncomplicated
6C40.41 – Alcohol withdrawal with perceptual disturbances
6C40.43 – Alcohol withdrawal with perceptual disturbances and seizures
6C40.4Z – Alcohol withdrawal, unspecified

Foundation entity

Alcohol withdrawal with seizures – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1217641719

Allowed postcoordination axes

hasCausingCondition

Part of: 6C40.4: Alcohol withdrawal › 6C40: Disorders due to use of alcohol › 06: Mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders