Cerebral ischaemic stroke due to small artery occlusion

Definition

This is a sudden loss of brain function due to a lack of adequate blood flow of the small arteries.

Coding note

If an additional code is used for anatomy, the artery affected by the stroke should be selected.

Also indexed as

Nearby in Cerebral ischaemic stroke

• 8B11.0Cerebral ischaemic stroke due to extracranial large artery atherosclerosis
• 8B11.1Cerebral ischaemic stroke due to intracranial large artery atherosclerosis
• 8B11.2Cerebral ischaemic stroke due to embolic occlusion
• 8B11.4Cerebral ischaemic stroke due to other known cause
• 8B11.5Cerebral ischaemic stroke of unknown cause