International Classification of Headache Disorders
The International Classification of Headache Disorders (ICHD) is a detailed hierarchical classification of all headache-related disorders published by the International Headache Society.[1] It is considered the official classification of headaches by the World Health Organization, and, in 1992, was incorporated into the 10th edition of their International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10).[2] Each class of headache contains explicit diagnostic criteria—meaning that the criteria include quantities rather than vague terms like several or usually—that are based on clinical and laboratory observations.[2]
The ICHD was first published in 1988 (now known as the ICHD-1). A second version, the ICHD-2, was published in 2004. The most current version, ICHD-3, was published in 2018.[3]
Hierarchy
Primary headaches
ICHD 1, ICD10 G43: Migraine
- Migraine without aura
 - Migraine with aura
 - Childhood periodic syndromes that are commonly precursors of migraine
 - Retinal migraine
 - Complications of migraine
 - Migraine-triggered seizure
 - Probable migraine
 
ICHD 2, ICD10 G44.2: Tension-type headache (TTH)
- Infrequent episodic tension-type headache
 - Frequent episodic tension-type headache
 - Chronic tension-type headache
 - Probable tension-type headache
 
ICHD 3, ICD10 G44.0: Cluster headache and other trigeminal autonomic cephalalgias
- Cluster headache
 - Paroxysmal hemicrania
 - Short-lasting unilateral neuralgiform headache with conjunctival injection and tearing (SUNCT)
 - Probable trigeminal autonomic cephalalgia
 
ICHD 4, ICD10 G44.80: Other primary headaches
- Primary stabbing headache
 - Primary cough headache
 - Primary exertional headache
 - Primary headache associated with sexual activity
 - Hypnic headache
 - Primary thunderclap headache
 - Hemicrania continua
 - New daily persistent headache (NDPH)
 
Secondary headaches
ICHD 5, ICD10 G44.88: Headache attributed to head and/or neck trauma
- Acute post-traumatic headache
- Acute post-traumatic headache attributed to moderate or severe head injury
 - Acute post-traumatic headache attributed to mild head injury
 
 - Chronic post-traumatic headache
- Chronic post-traumatic headache attributed to moderate or severe head injury
 - Chronic post-traumatic headache attributed to mild head injury
 
 - Acute headache attributed to whiplash injury
 - Chronic headache attributed to whiplash injury
 - Headache attributed to traumatic intracranial haematoma
- Headache attributed to epidural haematoma
 - Headache attributed to subdural haematoma
 
 - Headache attributed to other head and/or neck trauma
- Acute headache attributed to other head and/or neck trauma
 - Chronic headache attributed to other head and/or neck trauma
 
 - Post-craniotomy headache
- Acute post-craniotomy headache
 - Chronic post-craniotomy headache
 
 
ICHD 6, ICD10 G44.81: Headache attributed to cranial or cervical vascular disorder
- Headache attributed to ischaemic stroke or transient ischaemic attack
- Headache attributed to ischaemic stroke (cerebral infarction)
 - Headache attributed to transient ischaemic attack (TIA)
 
 - Headache attributed to non-traumatic intracranial haemorrhage
- Headache attributed to intracerebral haemorrhage
 - Headache attributed to subarachnoid haemorrhage (SAH)
 
 - Headache attributed to unruptured vascular malformation
- Headache attributed to saccular aneurysm
 - Headache attributed to arteriovenous malformation (AVM)
 - Headache attributed to dural arteriovenous fistula
 - Headache attributed to cavernous angioma
 - Headache attributed to encephalotrigeminal or leptomeningeal angiomatosis (Sturge Weber syndrome)
 
 - Headache attributed to arteritis
- Headache attributed to giant cell arteritis (GCA)
 - Headache attributed to primary central nervous system (CNS) angiitis
 - Headache attributed to secondary central nervous system (CNS) angiitis
 
 - Carotid or vertebral artery pain
- Headache or facial or neck pain attributed to arterial dissection
 - Post-endarterectomy headache
 - Carotid angioplasty headache
 - Headache attributed to intracranial endovascular procedures
 - Angiography headache
 
 - Headache attributed to cerebral venous thrombosis (CVT)
 - Headache attributed to other intracranial vascular disorder
- CADASIL (cerebral autosomal dominant arteriopathy with subcortical infarcts and leukoencephalopathy)
 - MELAS (eitochondrial encephalopathy, lactic acidosis and stroke-like episodes)
 - Headache attributed to benign angiopathy of the central nervous system
 - Headache attributed to pituitary apoplexy
 
 
ICHD 7, ICD10 G44.82: Headache attributed to non-vascular intracranial disorder
- Headache attributed to high cerebrospinal fluid pressure
- Headache attributed to idiopathic intracranial hypertension (IIH)
 - Headache attributed to intracranial hypertension secondary to metabolic, toxic or hormonal causes
 - Headache attributed to intracranial hypertension secondary to hydrocephalus
 
 - Headache attributed to low cerebrospinal fluid pressure
- Post-dural puncture headache
 - CSF fistula headache
 - Headache attributed to spontaneous (or idiopathic) low CSF pressure
 
 - Headache attributed to non-infectious inflammatory disease
- Headache attributed to neurosarcoidosis
 - Headache attributed to aseptic (non-infectious) meningitis
 - Headache attributed to other non-infectious inflammatory disease
 - Headache attributed to lymphocytic hypophysitis
 
 - Headache attributed to intracranial neoplasm
- Headache attributed to increased intracranial pressure or hydrocephalus caused by neoplasm
 - Headache attributed directly to neoplasm
 - Headache attributed to carcinomatous meningitis
 - Headache attributed to hypothalamic or pituitary hyper- or hyposecretion
 
 - Headache attributed to intrathecal injection
 - Headache attributed to epileptic seizure
- Hemicrania epileptica
 - Post-seizure headache
 
 - Headache attributed to Chiari malformation type I (CM1)
 - Syndrome of transient headache and neurological deficits with cerebrospinal fluid lymphocytosis (HaNDL)
 - Headache attributed to other non-vascular intracranial disorder
 
ICHD 8, ICD10 G44.4 or G44.83: Headache attributed to a substance or its withdrawal
- Headache induced by acute substance use or exposure
- Nitric oxide (NO) donor-induced headache
- Immediate NO donor-induced headache
 - Delayed NO donor-headache
 
 - Phosphodiesterase (PDE) inhibitor-induced headache
 - Carbon monoxide-induced headache
 - Alcohol-induced headache.
- Immediate alcohol-induced headache
 - Delayed alcohol-induced headache
 
 - Headache induced by food components and additives
- Monosodium glutamate-induced headache
 
 - Cocaine-induced headache
 - Cannabis-induced headache
 - Histamine-induced headache
- Immediate histamine-induced headache
 - Delayed histamine-induced headache
 
 - Calcitonin gene-related peptide (CGRP)-induced headache
- Immediate CGRP-induced headache
 - Delayed CGRP-induced headache
 
 - Headache as an acute adverse event attributed to medication used for other indications
 - Headache attributed to other acute substance use or exposure
 
 - Nitric oxide (NO) donor-induced headache
 - Medication-overuse headache (MOH)
- Ergotamine-overuse headache
 - Triptan-overuse headache
 - Analgesic-overuse headache
 - Opioid-overuse headache
 - Combination analgesic-overuse headache
 - Medication-overuse headache attributed to combination of acute medications
 - Headache attributed to other medication overuse
 - Probable medication-overuse headache
 
 - Headache as an adverse event attributed to chronic medication
- Exogenous hormone-induced headache
 
 - Headache attributed to substance withdrawal
- caffeine-withdrawal headache
 - opioid-withdrawal headache
 - Oestrogen-withdrawal headache
 - Headache attributed to withdrawal from chronic use of other substances
 
 
ICHD 9, ICD10 G44.821 or G44.881: Headache attributed to infection
- Headache attributed to intracranial infection
- Headache attributed to bacterial meningitis
 - Headache attributed to lymphocytic meningitis
 - Headache attributed to encephalitis
 - Headache attributed to brain abscess
 - Headache attributed to subdural empyema
 
 - Headache attributed to systemic infection
- Headache attributed to systemic bacterial infection
 - Headache attributed to systemic viral infection
 - Headache attributed to other systemic infection
 
 - Headache attributed to HIV/AIDS
 - Chronic post-infection headache
- Chronic post-bacterial meningitis headache
 
 
ICHD 10, ICD10 G44.882: Headache attributed to disorder of homeostasis
- Headache attributed to hypoxia and/or hypercapnia
- High-altitude headache
 - Diving headache
 - Sleep apnoea headache
 
 - Dialysis headache
 - Headache attributed to arterial hypertension
- Headache attributed to phaeochromocytoma
 - Headache attributed to hypertensive crisis without hypertensive encephalopathy
 - Headache attributed to hypertensive encephalopathy
 - Headache attributed to pre-eclampsia
 - Headache attributed to eclampsia
 - Headache attributed to acute pressor response to an exogenous agent
 
 - Headache attributed to hypothyroidism
 - Headache attributed to fasting
 - Cardiac cephalalgia
 - Headache attributed to other disorder of homoeostasis
 
ICHD 11, ICD10 G44.84: Headache or facial pain attributed to disorder of cranium, neck, eyes, ears, nose, sinuses, teeth, mouth or other facial or cranial structures
- Headache attributed to disorder of cranial bone
 - Headache attributed to disorder of neck
- Cervicogenic headache
 - Headache attributed to retropharyngeal tendonitis
 - Headache attributed to craniocervical dystonia
 
 - Headache attributed to disorder of eyes
- Headache attributed to acute glaucoma
 - Headache attributed to refractive errors
 - Headache attributed to heterophoria or heterotropia (latent or manifest squint)
 - Headache attributed to ocular inflammatory disorder
 
 - Headache attributed to disorder of ears
 - Headache attributed to rhinosinusitis
 - Headache attributed to disorder of teeth, jaws or related structures
 - Headache or facial pain attributed to temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorder
 - Headache attributed to other disorder of cranium, neck, eyes, ears, nose, sinuses,
 
teeth, mouth or other facial or cervical structures
ICHD 12, ICD10 R51: Headache attributed to psychiatric disorder
- Headache attributed to somatization disorder
 - Headache attributed to psychotic disorder
 
Cranial neuralgias, central and primary facial pain and other headaches
ICHD 13, ICD10 G44.847, G44.848, or G44.85: Cranial neuralgias and central causes of facial pain
- ICHD 13.1, ICD10 G44.847: Trigeminal neuralgia
 
- Glossopharyngeal neuralgia
 - Nervus intermedius neuralgia
 - Superior laryngeal neuralgia
 - Nasociliary neuralgia
 - Supraorbital neuralgia
 - Other terminal branch neuralgias
 - Occipital neuralgia
 - Neck-tongue syndrome
 - External compression headache
 - Cold-stimulus headache
 - Constant pain caused by compression, irritation or distortion of cranial nerves or upper cervical roots by structural lesions
 - Optic neuritis
 - Ocular diabetic neuropathy
 - Head or facial pain attributed to herpes zoster
- Head or facial pain attributed to acute herpes zoster
 - Post-herpetic neuralgia
 
 - Tolosa–Hunt syndrome
 - Opthalamoplegic migraine
 - Central causes of facial pain
- Anaesthesia dolorosa
 - Central post-stroke pain
 - Facial pain attributable to multiple sclerosis
 - Persistent idiopathic facial pain (the IHS's preferred term for atypical facial pain)
 - Burning mouth syndrome
 
 - Other cranial neuralgia or other centrally mediated facial pain
 
ICHD 14, ICD10 R51: Other headache, cranial neuralgia, central or primary facial pain
- Headache not elsewhere classified
 - Headache unspecified
 
References
- ↑ Headache Classification Subcommittee of the International Headache Society (2004). "The International Classification of Headache Disorders, 2nd Edition" (PDF). Cephalalgia. 24 (Supplement 1). Oxford, England, UK: Blackwell Publishing: 1–160. ISSN 0333-1024. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 4 June 2016.
 - 1 2 Olesen, Jes; Goadsby, Peter J.; Ramadan, Nabih M.; Tfelt-Hansen, Peter; Welch, K. Michael A. (2006). The Headaches (3rd ed.). Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. pp. 1–13. ISBN 0-7817-5400-3.
 - ↑ Website The International Classification of Headache Disorders 3rd edition. Retrieved 15. July 2018.