Brachial plexus palsy in newborn

Description

Brachial plexus birth palsy occurs when the brachial plexus are damaged during birth. It occurs most typically during a difficult delivery.

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

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

KA44.10 – Erb paralysis
KA44.11 – Klumpke paralysis
KA44.1Z – Brachial plexus palsy in newborn, unspecified

Sibling codes

KA44.0 – Birth injury to cranial nerves
KA44.2 – Phrenic nerve paralysis due to birth injury
KA44.Y – Birth injury to other specified peripheral nerve
KA44.Z – Birth injury to unspecified peripheral nerve

Foundation entity

Brachial plexus palsy in newborn – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/985611997

Part of: KA44: Birth injury to peripheral nervous system › 19: Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period