ICD-11 classes
19 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Digestive system disorders of fetus or newborn
KB87 — Intestinal obstruction of newborn
KB87.1 — Meconium plug without ileus
ICD-11 KB87.1 — Meconium plug without ileus
Meconium plug, also referred to as functional immaturity of the colon, is an obstruction in the newborn colon. It is usually a transient disorder of the newborn and is characterised by delayed passage of meconium and intestinal dilatation.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: