ICD-11 classes
19 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Infections of the fetus or newborn
KA61 — Other bacterial infections of the fetus or newborn
1C15 — Tetanus neonatorum
ICD-11 1C15 — Tetanus neonatorum
A disease affecting neonates, caused by an infection with the gram-positive bacteria Clostridium tetani. This disease is characterised by systemic muscle spasms that arise within the first few days after delivery. Transmission is commonly by direct contact or lack of maternal immunity.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: