ICD-11 classes
19 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Respiratory disorders specific to the perinatal or neonatal...
KB26 — Neonatal aspiration syndromes

ICD-11 KB26 — Neonatal aspiration syndromes

Aspiration of meconium, blood, amniotic fluids and gastric contents in a neonate resulting in clinical symptoms from airway obstruction (atelectasis, air trapping and air leaks), parenchymal injury (pneumonitis), right-to-left shunting, and ventilation-perfusion mismatch.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

Diagnosis with code KB26 contains 6 clarifying diagnoses:

1. KB26.0 — Neonatal aspiration of meconium
2. KB26.1 — Neonatal aspiration of amniotic fluid or mucus
3. KB26.2 — Neonatal aspiration of blood
4. KB26.3 — Neonatal aspiration of milk or regurgitated food
5. KB26.Y — Other specified neonatal aspiration syndromes
6. KB26.Z — Neonatal aspiration syndromes, unspecified