KB8A

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Neonatal haematemesis or melaena due to swallowed maternal blood

Description

A less serious, self-limiting case of haematemesis and melena which can occur in newborns two to three days after delivery, due to swallowed maternal blood.

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

  • Neonatal haematemesis or melaena due to swallowed maternal blood
  • Neonatal gastrointestinal pseudo-haemorrhage
  • Swallowed blood syndrome in newborn
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  • Neonatal melaena
  • Melaena in newborn NOS

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

  • KB80 – Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease in newborn
  • KB81 – Oesophagitis in newborn
  • KB82 – Prenatal gastric perforation
  • KB83 – Postnatal gastric perforation
  • KB84 – Postnatal isolated ileal perforation
  • KB85 – Prenatal intrauterine intestinal perforation
  • KB86 – Postnatal intestinal perforation
  • KB87 – Intestinal obstruction of newborn
  • KB88 – Necrotising enterocolitis of newborn
  • KB89 – Neonatal malabsorption syndromes
  • KB8B – Neonatal peritonitis
  • KB8C – Noninfectious neonatal diarrhoea
  • KB8Y – Other specified digestive system disorders of fetus or newborn
  • KB8Z – Digestive system disorders of fetus or newborn, unspecified

Foundation entity

Neonatal haematemesis or melaena due to swallowed maternal blood – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1030375992

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