AB31.1

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Vestibular migraine

Description

Recurrent attacks of moderate to severe vestibular symptoms lasting from 5 minutes to 72 hours in patients with a past or ongoing history of migraine headaches. Vestibular symptoms are usually spontaneous and positional vertigo, head motion-induced and visual vertigo as well as head motion-induced dizziness with nausea. Attacks of vestibular symptoms may occur together or independently of migraine symptoms like headache, photophobia, phonophobia or visual aura.

Index terms

  • Vestibular migraine
  • Migraine related vestibulopathy
  • Migrainous vertigo

Exclusions from above levels

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

Sibling codes

  • AB31.0 – Meniere disease
  • AB31.2 – Benign positional paroxysmal vertigo
  • AB31.3 – Superior canal dehiscence syndrome
  • AB31.4 – Disembarkment syndrome
  • AB31.5 – Autoimmune inner ear disease
  • AB31.6 – Vestibular paroxysmia
  • AB31.7 – Vertiginous syndromes
  • AB31.Y – Other specified episodic vestibular syndrome
  • AB31.Z – Episodic vestibular syndrome, unspecified

Foundation entity

Vestibular migraine – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/649273908

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: AB31: Episodic vestibular syndrome › 10: Diseases of the ear or mastoid process