ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Skin disorders involving specific cutaneous structures
Disorders of the epidermis and epidermal appendages
Disorders of hair
ED70 — Alopecia or hair loss
ED70.3 — Telogen effluvium
ED70.31 — Postpartum telogen effluvium

ICD-11 ED70.31 — Postpartum telogen effluvium

A physiological phenomenon in which diffuse hair loss occurs two to three months following parturition. It is due to a postponement of the normal cyclical conversion of anagen hairs to telogen during pregnancy. After parturition a large number of anagen hairs are converted simultaneously to telogen and shed two to three months later. Normal hair cycling is then resumed.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.