DI 23022: Processing Quick Disability Determination (QDD) and Compassionate Allowances (CAL) in the Disability Determination Services (DDS)
TN 7 (08-12)
COMPASSIONATE ALLOWANCE INFORMATION
INFANTILE FREE SIALIC ACID STORAGE DISEASE | ||
ALTERNATE NAMES |
ISSD; Sialuria Infantile Form; Infantile Sialic Acid Storage Disorder; Free Sialic Acid Storage Disease; N-acetylneuraminic acid storage disease; NANA Storage Disease; Sialuria Finnish Type |
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DESCRIPTION |
Infantile Free Sialic Storage Disease (ISSD) is the most severe form of sialic acid storage disease, a rare inherited metabolic disorder. Affected children lack the ability to transport sialic acid out of the cell, leading to abnormal accumulations that primarily affect the nervous system. Affected infants have severe developmental delay, hypotonia, and failure to gain weight and grow at the expected rate (failure to thrive). They may have unusual facial features that are often described as "coarse", bone malformations, hepatosplenomegaly, and cardiomegaly. The abdomen may be swollen due to enlarged internal organs and ascites. Affected infants may also have hydrops fetalis at birth. Seizures are common. |
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DIAGNOSTIC TESTING, PHYSICAL FINDINGS, AND ICD-9-CM CODING |
Diagnostic testing:
Physical findings: The diagnosis is suspected in infants with early multisystem involvement, including hydrops fetalis, failure to thrive, increasing coarse facial features, neurologic deterioration, and dysostosis (abnormal bone formation). These children also have ataxia and hypotonia at approximately age one year, along with developmental delay and growth delay in early childhood, and severe cognitive and motor impairment. ICD-9: 271.9 |
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ONSET AND PROGRESSION |
Onset of this disorder is at or even before birth. Children usually live only into early childhood. |
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TREATMENT |
There is no current cure for this disorder. Treatment is supportive and may include physical, occupational and speech therapies; nutrition therapy; and anti-seizure treatment. |
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SUGGESTED PROGRAMMATIC ASSESSMENT* | ||
Suggested MER for evaluation:
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Suggested Listings for Evaluation: | ||
DETERMINATION |
LISTING |
REMARKS |
Meets Listing |
110.08 B |
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Medical Equals |
* Adjudicators may, at their discretion, use the Medical Evidence of Record or Listings suggested to evaluate the claim. However, the decision to allow or deny the claim rests with the adjudicator.