ICD-11 classes
13 Diseases of the digestive system
Diseases of gallbladder or biliary tract
LB20.2 — Structural developmental anomalies of bile ducts
LB20.21 — Biliary atresia
ICD-11 LB20.21 — Biliary atresia
Biliary atresia is a rare disease characterised by an inflammatory biliary obstruction of unknown origin that presents in the neonatal period. It is the most frequent surgical cause of cholestatic jaundice in this age group. Untreated, this condition leads to cirrhosis and death within the first years of life.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: