ICD-11 code : 6A03;
Preferred Label : Developmental learning disorder;
ICD-11 definition : Developmental learning disorder is characterized by significant and persistent difficulties
in learning academic skills, which may include reading, writing, or arithmetic. The
individual's performance in the affected academic skill(s) is markedly below what
would be expected for chronological age and general level of intellectual functioning,
and results in significant impairment in the individual's academic or occupational
functioning. Developmental learning disorder first manifests when academic skills
are taught during the early school years. Developmental learning disorder is not due
to a disorder of intellectual development, sensory impairment (vision or hearing),
neurological or motor disorder, lack of availability of education, lack of proficiency
in the language of academic instruction, or psychosocial adversity.;
ICD-11 synonym : academic skills disorder; specific learning disability; specific developmental disorders of scholastic skills; specific learning disorder; learning disability; learning disorder; disorder of scholastic skills; developmental learning disability;
ICD-11 inclusion : mixed disorder of scholastic skills;
ICD-11 "unspecified" category code : 6A03.Z;
Origin ID : 2099676649;
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Developmental learning disorder is characterized by significant and persistent difficulties
in learning academic skills, which may include reading, writing, or arithmetic. The
individual's performance in the affected academic skill(s) is markedly below what
would be expected for chronological age and general level of intellectual functioning,
and results in significant impairment in the individual's academic or occupational
functioning. Developmental learning disorder first manifests when academic skills
are taught during the early school years. Developmental learning disorder is not due
to a disorder of intellectual development, sensory impairment (vision or hearing),
neurological or motor disorder, lack of availability of education, lack of proficiency
in the language of academic instruction, or psychosocial adversity.