Eclampsia

Description

Any condition affecting pregnant females, characterised by seizure or convulsions newly arising in pregnancy. The condition is often associated with pregnancy-induced hypertension, convulsions, seizure, anxiety, epigastric pain, severe headache, blurred vision, proteinuria, and oedema that may occur during pregnancy, labour, or the puerperium.

Coding note from above levels

The codes included in this chapter are to be used for conditions related to or aggravated by the pregnancy, childbirth or by the puerperium (maternal causes or obstetric causes)

Index terms

Eclampsia

Exclusions from above levels

1C14 – Obstetrical tetanus
22 – Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes
23 – External causes (for mortality)

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5A61.0 – Postpartum necrosis of pituitary gland
http://id.who.int/icd/entity/882114523 – Mental or behavioural disorders associated with pregnancy, childbirth or the puerperium

Child codes

JA25.0 – Eclampsia in pregnancy
JA25.1 – Eclampsia in labour
JA25.2 – Eclampsia in the puerperium
JA25.3 – Eclampsia, time period unspecified

Sibling codes

JA20 – Pre-existing hypertension complicating pregnancy, childbirth or the puerperium
JA21 – Pre-eclampsia superimposed on chronic hypertension
JA22 – Gestational oedema or proteinuria without hypertension
JA23 – Gestational hypertension
JA24 – Pre-eclampsia
JA2Z – Oedema, proteinuria, or hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, childbirth, or the puerperium, unspecified

Foundation entity

Eclampsia – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1759760659

Part of: 18: Pregnancy, childbirth or the puerperium