ICD-11 classes
18 Pregnancy, childbirth or the puerperium
Complications predominantly related to the puerperium
JB42 — Obstetric embolism
JB42.2 — Obstetric blood-clot embolism

ICD-11 JB42.2 — Obstetric blood-clot embolism

A condition characterised by the lodging of a blood clot (a specific type of embolus known as a thrombus) in the bloodstream, which can cause a blockage associated with the physiological and other changes that occur during the period of time from conception to delivery (pregnancy), during labour and delivery (childbirth) or during the approximately six weeks after delivery during which the uterus returns to the original size (puerperium).

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.