1.6 Probable migraine

Previously used terms:

Migrainous disorder

Coded elsewhere:

Migraine-like headache secondary to another disorder (symptomatic migraine) is coded according to that disorder.

Description:

Attacks and/or headache missing one of the features needed to fulfil all criteria for a disorder coded above (1.6.3 Probable childhood periodic syndromes that are commonly precursors of migraine and 1.6.4 Probable retinal migraine are not currently recognised).

© 2003 International Headache Society (quoted from International Headache Society, 2004)

References

International Headache Society. The International Classification of Headache Disorders, 2nd edition. Cephalalgia 2004; 24 (suppl. 1): 1-160.

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