ICD-11 classes
05 Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
Endocrine diseases
Disorders of the thyroid gland or thyroid hormones system
5A00 — Hypothyroidism
5A00.0 — Congenital hypothyroidism
5A00.03 — Transient congenital hypothyroidism
ICD-11 5A00.03 — Transient congenital hypothyroidism
Transient congenital hypothyroidism is defined as transient thyroid dysfunction with mildly elevated thyroid-stimulating hormone (TSH) and low thyroxine (FT4) levels which return to normal either very promptly and spontaneously, or after several months of thyroxine therapy. The disorder is due to a variety of causes including iodine deficiency or exposure to iodine-containing compounds, transplacental passage of blocking maternal antibodies, and dyshormonogenesis.
The diagnosis includes nothing.
It excludes 1 item.
- Transitory congenital goitre with normal function (KB62)
It has no clarifying diagnoses.
The diagnosis is coded elsewhere: