ICD-11 classes
19 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Birth injury
KA40 — Birth injury to central nervous system

ICD-11 KA40 — Birth injury to central nervous system

A condition characterised by the presence of damage to the central nervous system due to physical pressure or injury during delivery.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

Diagnosis with code KA40 contains 6 clarifying diagnoses:

1. KA40.0 — Intracranial laceration or haemorrhage due to birth injury
   It contains 11 clarifying diagnoses.
2. KA40.1 — Cerebral oedema due to birth injury
3. KA40.2 — Birth injury to spine or spinal cord
4. KA40.3 — Birth injury to brainstem
5. KA40.Y — Other specified birth injury to central nervous system
6. KA40.Z — Birth injury to central nervous system, unspecified