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JB60 category

Obstetric death of unspecified cause

Definition

A condition characterised by maternal death during pregnancy or within 42 days following delivery. This death may be associated with physiological, obstetrical, or other changes or is provoked by interventions used during pregnancy, childbirth, or puerperium, but has no specified cause.

Also indexed as

Obstetric death of unspecified causeobstetric deathpuerperal deathsudden death during deliverysudden death of unknown cause during childbirthsudden death of unknown cause during puerperiumsudden obstetric death of unknown causesudden puerperal death

Nearby in Certain obstetric conditions, not elsewhere classified