ICD-11 classes
19 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Infections of the fetus or newborn
KA64 — Parasitic diseases in the fetus or newborn
KA64.1 — Congenital falciparum malaria
ICD-11 KA64.1 — Congenital falciparum malaria
A disease caused by an infection with the protozoan parasite Plasmodium falciparum in utero. This disease is characterised by fever, anaemia, splenomegaly, hepatomegaly, jaundice, regurgitation, diarrhoea, or poor feeding. This disease may also present with respiratory distress, drowsiness, or cyanosis. Transmission is by vertical transmission. Confirmation is by identification of the Plasmodium falciparum in a blood sample from the neonate.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: