Central neonatal apnoea

Description

Central apnoea is a cessation of airflow > 20 seconds with loss of all respiratory effort. It is due to immaturity of the brainstem to control respiration. It is found in many premature infants and generally resolves by 36 weeks of age.

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.

Index terms

Central neonatal apnoea

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

Sibling codes

KB2A.1 – Obstructive neonatal apnoea
KB2A.2 – Mixed neonatal apnoea
KB2A.3 – Apnoea of newborn, due to neurologic injury
KB2A.Y – Other specified apnoea of newborn
KB2A.Z – Apnoea of newborn, unspecified

Foundation entity

Central neonatal apnoea – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/252052617

Part of: KB2A: Apnoea of newborn › 19: Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period