ICD-11 classes
19 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Respiratory disorders specific to the perinatal or neonatal...
KB23 — Respiratory distress of newborn
KB23.0 — Respiratory distress syndrome of newborn

ICD-11 KB23.0 — Respiratory distress syndrome of newborn

Respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) is an acute illness, usually of preterm infants, due to pulmonary surfactant deficiency, developing within 4-6 hours of birth, and is characterised by respiratory distress (tachypnoea, intercostal and sternal retractions, expiratory grunt, and cyanosis with abnormal chest radiograph showing diffuse reticulogranular densities and air bronchograms, evidence of reduced lung compliance and functional residual capacity, evidence of abnormal gas exchange (hypoxaemia, hypercapnia, cyanosis) of sufficient severity to require oxygen and/or continuous or intermittent positive pressure ventilatory support for more than 24 hours.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

Diagnosis with code KB23.0 contains 5 clarifying diagnoses:

  1. KB23.00 — Respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn, altered by maternal corticosteroid therapy
  2. KB23.01 — Respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn, altered by pulmonary surfactant replacement therapy
  3. KB23.02 — Respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn, altered by maternal corticosteroid therapy or pulmonary surfactant replacement therapy
  4. KB23.0Y — Other specified respiratory distress syndrome of newborn
  5. KB23.0Z — Respiratory distress syndrome of newborn, unspecified

The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:

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