ICD-11 classes
19 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Birth injury
KA41 — Birth injury to eye
ICD-11 KA41 — Birth injury to eye
Ocular injuries due to birth trauma include lid lacerations, hyphema, rupture of Descemet's membrane of cornea, vitreous haemorrhage, corneal oedema, abrasions and lacerations, orbital haemorrhage and fractures, and intraocular haemorrhages.
It includes 2 items.
- Subconjunctival haemorrhage due to birth injury
- Traumatic glaucoma due to birth injury
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:
- Injury of eye or orbit #8102
- 09 Diseases of the visual system #9133
- Injury of eye or orbit #25557