ICD-11 classes
19 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Infections of the fetus or newborn
KA65 — Neonatal infections of certain specified sites
KA65.1 — Omphalitis of newborn
ICD-11 KA65.1 — Omphalitis of newborn
A disease of the umbilical cord affecting newborns, commonly caused by an infection with a bacterial source. This disease is characterised by purulent or foul-smelling discharge from the umbilicus or umbilical stump, periumbilical erythema, oedema, or tenderness. This disease may also present with fever, hypothermia, jaundice, tachycardia, hypotension, tachypnoea, respiratory distress, apnoea, or abdominal distention with absent bowel sounds. Transmission is by vertical transmission or iatrogenic transmission. Confirmation is by identification of the infectious agent.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: