Labour or delivery complicated by vasa praevia

Definition

A condition characterised by complications during labour and delivery that is caused when the umbilical vessels traverse the membranes of the internal cervical os.

Inclusions

• Haemorrhage from vasa praevia

Also indexed as

Nearby in Labour or delivery complicated by umbilical cord complications

• JB08.0Labour or delivery complicated by prolapse of cord
• JB08.1Labour or delivery complicated by cord around neck, with compression
• JB08.2Labour or delivery complicated by short cord
• JB08.4Labour or delivery complicated by vascular lesion of cord
• JB08.5Labour or delivery complicated by other cord entanglement, with compression
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified