KA43

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Birth injury to skin or soft tissues

Description

Superficial injury including abrasions, lacerations and ecchymoses sustained during birth to sites other than scalp face or external genitalia.

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.

Excludes

  • KA42 – Birth injury to scalp

Exclusions from above levels

  • 01 – Certain infectious or parasitic diseases - acquired after birth
  • 02 – Neoplasms
  • 05 – Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
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  • 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

Child codes

  • KA43.0 – Birth injury to sternocleidomastoid
  • KA43.1 – Birth injury to external genitalia
  • KA43.2 – Subcutaneous fat necrosis due to birth injury
  • KA43.3 – Birth injury to face
  • KA43.Y – Other specified birth injury to skin or soft tissues
  • KA43.Z – Birth injury to skin or soft tissues, unspecified

Sibling codes

  • KA40 – Birth injury to central nervous system
  • KA41 – Birth injury to eye
  • KA42 – Birth injury to scalp
  • KA44 – Birth injury to peripheral nervous system
  • KA45 – Birth injury to skeleton
  • KA46 – Birth injury to other organs
  • KA4Z – Birth injury, unspecified

Foundation entity

Birth injury to skin or soft tissues – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/292678072

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: 19: Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period