ICD-11 MMS

08 Diseases of the nervous system

Epilepsy or seizures  (8A60-8A6Z)

8A61 Genetic or presumed genetic syndromes primarily expressed as epilepsy

8A61.2 Genetic epileptic syndromes with childhood onset

8A61.21 Childhood absence epilepsy

International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2025-01


Epilepsy with onset in an otherwise normal child of 2 to 12 years of age, often with multiple daily brief staring episodes lasting an average of 10 seconds. Absence seizures are usually provoked by hyperventilation. The electroencephalogram shows ictal and interictal diffuse 2.5-3 cycles per second spike and wave discharges. The genetic pattern is probably polygenetic.

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