Q01 Encephalocele

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Type 1 Excludes

Meckel-Gruber syndrome (Q61.9)

Includes

Arnold-Chiari syndrome, type III
encephalocystocele
encephalomyelocele
hydroencephalocele
hydromeningocele, cranial
meningocele, cerebral
meningoencephalocele

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Q00-Q99 Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)
Q00-Q07 Congenital malformations of the nervous system (Q00-Q07)
Q01 Encephalocele
Type 1 Excludes
Meckel-Gruber syndrome (Q61.9)

Includes
Arnold-Chiari syndrome, type III
encephalocystocele
encephalomyelocele
hydroencephalocele
hydromeningocele, cranial
meningocele, cerebral
meningoencephalocele

Q01.0 Frontal encephalocele
Q01.1 Nasofrontal encephalocele
Q01.2 Occipital encephalocele
Q01.8 Encephalocele of other sites
Q01.9 Encephalocele, unspecified