ICD-11 classes
08 Diseases of the nervous system
Injuries of the nervous system
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 #8482
• Birth injury to peripheral nervous system #21706
• Injury of phrenic nerve #25828