MG44.13

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Constitutional delay of growth and puberty

Description

Delayed development concerning maturation of bones and their growth at prepubertal and pubertal ages of children. Occurs with or without short stature below the third percentile of body height. Height velocity is usually temporarily below the mean. Bone age is always delayed. Puberty starts late, but spontaneously. Other causes of delayed growth (with or without short stature below the third percentile of body height) or of delayed puberty must be excluded.

Index terms

  • Constitutional delay of growth and puberty
  • CDGP - [constitutional delay of growth and puberty]

Excludes

  • 5A61.0 – Short stature due to growth hormone resistance
  • 5B11 – Short stature, not elsewhere classified

Exclusions from above levels

  • 5A91 – Delayed puberty
  • 6A00 – Disorders of intellectual development
  • 19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
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  • JA66 – Clinical findings on antenatal screening of mother

Sibling codes

  • MG44.10 – Delayed milestone
  • MG44.11 – Failure to thrive in infant or child
  • MG44.12 – Short stature of child
  • MG44.14 – Familial short stature
  • MG44.1Y – Other specified lack of expected normal physiological development
  • MG44.1Z – Lack of expected normal physiological development, unspecified

Foundation entity

Constitutional delay of growth and puberty – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1683573263

Part of: MG44.1: Lack of expected normal physiological development › MG44: Symptoms peculiar to infancy › 21: Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified