K89

Synonym

• Transient cerebral ischaemia

Inclusions

• basilar insufficiency
• drop attacks
• transient global amnesia
• transient ischaemic attack (TIA)

Exclusions

• carotid bruit K81
• cerebrovascular accident K90
• migraine N89

Criteria

• symptoms of transient (less than 24 hours) hypofunction of the brain, with sudden onset, presumed of vascular origin, without sequelae and with exclusion of migraine/migraine equivalent/ epilepsy

Consider

• fainting/syncope A06

Note

• double code with K91

ICD-10

• G45.0; G45.1; G45.2; G45.3; G45.4; G45.8; G45.9