8A60.5

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Epilepsy due to injuries to the head

Description

Epilepsy occurring in relation to a traumatic brain injury. Onset is more than 1 week following the trauma, with risk increasing with the severity of brain injury.

Coding note from above levels

Use additional code, if desired, to identify the type of seizure.

Index terms

  • Epilepsy due to injuries to the head
  • Post traumatic epilepsy
  • Traumatic epilepsy
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  • traumatic epileptic

Exclusions from above levels

  • MG45 – Syncope
  • 05 – Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
  • 18 – Complications of pregnancy, childbirth and the puerperium
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  • 19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
  • 22 – Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes

Sibling codes

  • 8A60.0 – Epilepsy due to prenatal or perinatal brain insults
  • 8A60.1 – Epilepsy due to cerebrovascular disorders
  • 8A60.2 – Epilepsy due to degenerative brain disorders
  • 8A60.3 – Epilepsy due to dementias
  • 8A60.4 – Epilepsy due to central nervous system infections or infestations
  • 8A60.6 – Epilepsy due to tumours of the nervous system
  • 8A60.7 – Epilepsy with mesial temporal sclerosis
  • 8A60.8 – Epilepsy due to immune disorders
  • 8A60.9 – Epilepsy due to abnormalities of brain development
  • 8A60.A – Epilepsy due to genetic syndromes with widespread or progressive effects
  • 8A60.B – Epilepsy due to multiple sclerosis or other demyelinating disorders
  • 8A60.Y – Epilepsy due to other structural or metabolic condition or disease
  • 8A60.Z – Epilepsy due to unspecified structural or metabolic condition or disease

Foundation entity

Epilepsy due to injuries to the head – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1007173668

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: 8A60: Epilepsy due to structural or metabolic conditions or diseases › 08: Diseases of the nervous system