ICD-11 classes
14 Diseases of the skin
Skin disorders associated with pregnancy, the neonatal...
Skin disorders specific to the perinatal or neonatal period
KA07 — Neonatal dermatoses due to maternal antibodies
KA07.1 — Neonatal pemphigus
ICD-11 KA07.1 — Neonatal pemphigus
Neonatal pemphigus vulgaris is a short lived autoimmune skin diseases arising as a result of transplacental transmission to the neonate of maternal antibodies. Neonatal pemphigus is characterised by blister formation on the skin and the mucous membranes mediated by auto-antibodies to the desmosome component desmoglein 3.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: