Diseases of the Nervous System

Conditions of the brain, spinal cord and peripheral nerves defined by structural, chemical or degenerative pathology, following ICD-10 Chapter VI (Diseases of the Nervous System). Belongs here: a neurodegenerative or neurodevelopmental disease, a disorder of chronic pain or fatigue rooted in nervous system function, and a general neurological disorder. Does not belong here: a mental or behavioral disorder with no identified structural nervous system lesion, grouped under mental and behavioural disorders, or a cerebrovascular event, grouped under diseases of the circulatory system because its defining pathology is vascular.