Haemolytic disease of fetus or newborn

Definition

A paediatric alloimmune condition characterised by the break-down of red blood cells by IgG antibodies which are transmitted from mother to child via the placenta.

7 subordinate codes

• KA84.0Rh isoimmunization of fetus or newborn
• KA84.1Isoimmunization due to other red cell factors
• KA84.2ABO isoimmunization of fetus or newborn
• KA84.3Haemolytic anaemia due to other unclassified antibodies of fetus or newborn
• KA84.4Haemolytic disease due to disease of other neonatal organs
• KA84.5Neonatal haemolysis due to systemic bacterial infection with or without concomitant diffuse intravascular coagulation
• 4B4ZDiseases of the immune system, unspecified

Nearby in Haemorrhagic or haematological disorders of fetus or newborn

• KA80Fetal blood loss
• KA81Umbilical haemorrhage of newborn
• KA82Intracranial nontraumatic haemorrhage of fetus or newborn
• KA83Certain specified neonatal haemorrhages
• KA85Hydrops fetalis due to haemolytic disease
• KA86Neonatal kernicterus
• KA87Neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia
• KA88Disseminated intravascular coagulation of fetus or newborn