8A67

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Acute repetitive seizures

Description

Acute repetitive seizures are multiple seizures, with a distinct time of onset, with recovery between each seizure, occurring within 24 hours in adults, or 12 hours in children.

Coding note from above levels

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

Index terms

  • Acute repetitive seizures
  • Cluster seizures
  • Crescendo seizures
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  • Recurrent seizures
  • Serial seizures
  • complex partial epilepsy status
  • complex partial status epilepticus

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 – Epilepsy due to structural or metabolic conditions or diseases
  • 8A61 – Genetic or presumed genetic syndromes primarily expressed as epilepsy
  • 8A62 – Epileptic encephalopathies
  • 8A63 – Seizure due to acute causes
  • 8A64 – Single seizure due to remote causes
  • 8A65 – Single unprovoked seizure
  • 8A66 – Status epilepticus
  • 8A68 – Types of seizures
  • 8A6Y – Other specified epilepsy or seizures
  • 8A6Z – Epilepsy or seizures, unspecified

Foundation entity

Acute repetitive seizures – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1988362682

Part of: 08: Diseases of the nervous system