LA02.00

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Myelomeningocele with hydrocephalus

Description

A condition caused by failure of the neural tube to correctly develop during the antenatal period. This condition is characterised by nerve damage and hydrocephalus. This condition may also present with syringomyelia, hip dislocation, headache, nausea, vomiting, blurry vision, balance problems, bladder control problems, meningitis, or mental impairment.

Index terms

  • Myelomeningocele with hydrocephalus
  • Meningomyelocele
  • Total spina bifida cystica with hydrocephalus
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  • Total closed spina bifida
  • Total spina bifida with hydrocephalus
  • Thoracolumbosacral spina bifida cystica with hydrocephalus
  • Thoracic spina bifida with hydrocephalus
  • Thoracolumbosacral closed spina bifida
  • Thoracolumbosacral spina bifida with hydrocephalus
  • congenital dorsal spina bifida with hydrocephalus
  • dorsal spina bifida with hydrocephalus
  • thoracolumbar spina bifida with hydrocephalus
  • Lumbosacral spina bifida cystica with hydrocephalus
  • Lumbar spina bifida with hydrocephalus
  • Lumbosacral closed spina bifida
  • Lumbosacral spina bifida with hydrocephalus
  • congenital lumbar spina bifida with hydrocephalus
  • congenital lumbosacral spina bifida with hydrocephalus
  • Cervical spina bifida cystica with hydrocephalus
  • Cervical closed spina bifida
  • cervical spina bifida with hydrocephalus
  • congenital cervical spina bifida with hydrocephalus
  • Cervicothoracic spina bifida cystica with hydrocephalus
  • Cervicothoracic closed spina bifida
  • Cervicothoracic spina bifida with hydrocephalus
  • Upper thoracic spina bifida cystica with hydrocephalus
  • Upper thoracic closed spina bifida
  • Upper thoracic spina bifida with hydrocephalus

Exclusions from above levels

  • LA03 – Arnold-Chiari malformation type II
  • LA07.4 – Arnold-Chiari malformation type I
  • LB73.0 – Occult spinal dysraphism
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  • http://id.who.int/icd/entity/733825440 – Inborn errors of metabolism

Sibling codes

  • LA02.01 – Myelomeningocele without hydrocephalus
  • LA02.02 – Myelocystocele
  • LA02.0Y – Other specified spina bifida cystica
  • LA02.0Z – Spina bifida cystica, unspecified

Foundation entity

Myelomeningocele with hydrocephalus – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/182894151

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: LA02.0: Spina bifida cystica › LA02: Spina bifida › 20: Developmental anomalies