Acquired prion disease

Definition

Environmentally acquired prion diseases are prion diseases caused by a known source of abnormal prion protein.

5 subordinate codes

• 8E01.0Iatrogenically acquired Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
• 8E01.1Kuru
• 8E01.2Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
• 8E01.3Other acquired Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified

Nearby in Human prion diseases

• 8E00Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
• 8E02Genetic prion diseases
• 8E03Variably protease sensitive prionopathy
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified