MD11.1

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Asphyxia

Description

Asphyxia is a life-threatening condition in which oxygen is prevented from reaching the tissues by obstruction of or damage to any part of the respiratory system. More generally the term indicates all the conditions generating impaired or impeded breathing.

Index terms

  • Asphyxia
  • asphyxial episode
  • decreased oxygen supply
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  • oxygen deficiency
  • pathological asphyxia
  • positional asphyxia
  • respiratory asphyxiation
  • Hypoxia
  • hypoxaemia
  • hypoxic
  • pathological hypoxaemia
  • Anoxia
  • anoxemia
  • anoxic anoxia
  • pathological anoxia

Excludes

  • 22 – Asphyxia due to trauma
  • ND72 – asphyxia due to foreign body in respiratory tract
  • NE61 – asphyxia due to carbon monoxide

Exclusions from above levels

  • CB00 – Adult acute respiratory distress syndrome
  • KB23 – Respiratory distress of newborn
  • KB2D – Respiratory failure of newborn
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  • MD33 – Respiratory arrest
  • 19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
  • JA66 – Clinical findings on antenatal screening of mother

Foundation children elsewhere

  • KB20 – Intrauterine hypoxia
  • KB21 – Birth asphyxia

Sibling codes

Foundation entity

Asphyxia – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/2008663041

Part of: MD11: Abnormalities of breathing › 21: Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified