ICD-11 classes
19 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Certain disorders originating in the perinatal period
KD38 — Meconium staining
ICD-11 KD38 — Meconium staining
Green or yellowish appearing amniotic fluid, indicating presence of meconium. The newborn’s skin, nail beds or the umbilical cord may be stained.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
It excludes 2 items.
- Neonatal aspiration of meconium (KB26.0)
- Meconium passage during delivery (KA05.8)
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: