ICD-11 classes
03 Diseases of the blood or blood-forming organs
Anaemias or other erythrocyte disorders
KA8B — Anaemia of prematurity
ICD-11 KA8B — Anaemia of prematurity
A paediatric condition characterised by a decrease in number of red blood cells (RBCs) or less than the normal quantity of haemoglobin in the blood of a newborn associated with the child being born prior to completing 37 weeks of gestation.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
The diagnosis excludes nothing.
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: