MG44.14

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Familial short stature

Description

Short stature of a child or adolescent (below 3rd percentile) with one or both parents with an adult height below 3rd percentile. Combination with constitutional delay of growth and puberty may occur.

Index terms

  • Familial short stature
  • FSS - [familial short stature]

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
  • MG44.13 – Constitutional delay of growth and puberty
  • MG44.1Y – Other specified lack of expected normal physiological development
  • MG44.1Z – Lack of expected normal physiological development, unspecified

Foundation entity

Familial short stature – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1962465719

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