ICD-11 classes
19 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Infections of the fetus or newborn
KA63 — Fungal infection of fetus or newborn
KA63.0 — Malassezia infection in newborn
ICD-11 KA63.0 — Malassezia infection in newborn
A condition affecting newborns, caused by an infection with Malassezia that leads to a severe systemic inflammatory response. This condition is characterised by fever or respiratory distress. Confirmation is by identification of Malassezia in a blood sample.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: