KD38

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Meconium staining

Description

Green or yellowish appearing amniotic fluid, indicating presence of meconium. The newborn’s skin, nail beds or the umbilical cord may be stained.

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

  • Meconium staining
  • meconium amniotic fluid
  • meconium staining of amniotic fluid

Excludes

  • KA05.8 – Meconium passage during delivery
  • KB26.0 – Neonatal aspiration of meconium

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

  • KD30 – Birth depression
  • KD31 – Wide cranial sutures of newborn
  • KD32 – Feeding problems of newborn
  • KD33 – Jittery baby, not elsewhere classified
  • KD34 – Reactions or intoxications due to drugs administered to fetus or newborn
  • KD35 – Neonatal withdrawal syndrome from maternal use of drugs of addiction
  • KD36 – Withdrawal symptoms from therapeutic use of drugs in newborn
  • KD37 – Exposure to tobacco smoke in the perinatal period
  • KD39 – Complications of intrauterine procedures, not elsewhere classified
  • KD3A – Termination of pregnancy, affecting surviving fetus or newborn
  • KD3B – Fetal death, cause not specified
  • KD3C – Vomiting in newborn
  • KD3Y – Other specified disorders originating in the perinatal period

Foundation entity

Meconium staining – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1782373380

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