ICD-11 classes
08 Diseases of the nervous system
Injuries of the nervous system
Injuries to the neck
Injury of nerves or spinal cord at neck level
Injury of nerves at neck level
NA44 — Injury of phrenic nerve
KA44.2 — Phrenic nerve paralysis due to birth injury

ICD-11 KA44.2 — Phrenic nerve paralysis due to birth injury

Birth injury to the cervical roots 3 to 5 resulting in the paralysis of the ipsilateral diaphragm usually after a difficult breech delivery

The diagnosis includes nothing.

The diagnosis excludes nothing.

It has no clarifying diagnoses.

The diagnosis is coded elsewhere:

• Injury of phrenic nerve #8552
• Birth injury to peripheral nervous system #21706
• Injury of phrenic nerve #25828