ICD-11 classes
19 Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
Certain disorders originating in the perinatal period
KD3B — Fetal death, cause not specified
ICD-11 KD3B — Fetal death, cause not specified
Fetal death is death of a fetus prior to its complete expulsion or extraction from a woman, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy. Fetal death may be diagnosed in utero by absence of fetal heart sounds, confirmed by imaging techniques where available, or after delivery by absence of signs of life after the complete expulsion or extraction from the woman.Stillbirth is the complete expulsion or extraction from a woman of a fetus, following its death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction, at 22 or more completed weeks of gestation.
It includes 6 items.
- stillbirth NOS
- stillborn NOS
- osteopedion fetus
- lithopedion fetus
- fetus maceration
- calcified fetus
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
Diagnosis with code KD3B contains 3 clarifying diagnoses:
- KD3B.0 — Antepartum fetal death
- KD3B.1 — Intrapartum fetal death
- KD3B.Z — Unspecified time of fetal death, cause not specified