Very low birth weight of newborn, unspecified

Coding note

When both birth weight and gestational age are available, priority of assignment should be given to birth weight.

Coding note from above levels

Conditions arising in the perinatal period, even though death or morbidity occurs later, should, as far as possible, be coded to chapter 19, which takes precedence over chapters containing codes for diseases by their anatomical site. For children less than 28 days old, assume that a reported condition developed in the perinatal period, unless the duration is stated and the onset was after the first completed week of life.

Exclusions from above levels

KA20 – Disorders of newborn related to slow fetal growth or fetal malnutrition
01 – Certain infectious or parasitic diseases - acquired after birth
02 – Neoplasms

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05 – Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
08 – Certain congenital diseases of the nervous system
20 – Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities
22 – Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes
3A10 – Hereditary haemolytic anaemia
4A01.03 – Transient hypogammaglobulinaemia of infancy
9B71.3 – Retinopathy of prematurity
BC43 – congenital cardiomyopathy
DA93.0 – Paralytic ileus
EA50.Z – Pemphigus neonatorum
EH40.00 – Cradle cap
http://id.who.int/icd/entity/588616678 – Gastroenteritis or colitis of infectious origin
http://id.who.int/icd/entity/609214049 – Congenital gonococcal infection

Sibling codes

KA21.10 – Very low birth weight of newborn, 1000-1249g
KA21.11 – Very low birth weight of newborn, 1250-1499g

Foundation entity

Very low birth weight of newborn – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1996824802

Part of: KA21.1: Very low birth weight of newborn › KA21: Disorders of newborn related to short gestation or low birth weight, not elsewhere classified › 19: Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period