JB60

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Obstetric death of unspecified cause

Description

A condition characterised by maternal death during pregnancy or within 42 days following delivery. This death may be associated with physiological, obstetrical, or other changes or is provoked by interventions used during pregnancy, childbirth, or puerperium, but has no specified cause.

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

  • Obstetric death of unspecified cause
  • obstetric death
  • puerperal death
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  • sudden death during delivery
  • sudden death of unknown cause during childbirth
  • sudden death of unknown cause during puerperium
  • sudden obstetric death of unknown cause
  • sudden puerperal death

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

Sibling codes

  • JB61 – Death from any obstetric cause occurring more than 42 days but less than one year after delivery
  • JB62 – Death from sequelae of obstetric causes
  • JB63 – Maternal infectious diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, childbirth or the puerperium
  • JB64 – Certain maternal diseases classifiable elsewhere but complicating pregnancy, childbirth or the puerperium
  • JB65 – Sequelae of complication of pregnancy, childbirth or the puerperium
  • JB6Y – Other specified obstetric conditions, not elsewhere classified
  • JB6Z – Unspecified obstetric condition

Foundation entity

Obstetric death of unspecified cause – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1151689960

Part of: 18: Pregnancy, childbirth or the puerperium