ICD-11 classes
19 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Birth injury
KA44 — Birth injury to peripheral nervous system
KA44.2 — Phrenic nerve paralysis due to birth injury

ICD-11 KA44.2 — Phrenic nerve paralysis due to birth injury

Birth injury to the cervical roots 3 to 5 resulting in the paralysis of the ipsilateral diaphragm usually after a difficult breech delivery

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.

The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:

• Injury of phrenic nerve #8482
• Injury of phrenic nerve #8552
• Injury of phrenic nerve #25828