Short stature of child

Definition

Short stature is when a child is significantly shorter than children of the same age and gender

Exclusions

• Short stature due to growth hormone resistance (5A61.0)
• Short stature, not elsewhere classified (5B11)

Also indexed as

Nearby in Lack of expected normal physiological development

• MG44.10Delayed milestone
• MG44.11Failure to thrive in infant or child
• MG44.13Constitutional delay of growth and puberty
• MG44.14Familial short stature
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified