Hydrops fetalis due to haemolytic disease

Definition

A fetal condition characterised by an accumulation of fluid or oedema in at least two fetal compartments, including subcutaneous compartments, the pleura, the pericardium, or the abdomen, due to the antibody-mediated break-down of fetal red blood cells.

Exclusions

• Hydrops fetalis not due to haemolytic disease (KC41.1)

3 subordinate codes

• KA85.0Hydrops fetalis due to isoimmunization
• 4B4YOther specified diseases of the immune system
• 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
• KA84Haemolytic disease of fetus or newborn
• KA86Neonatal kernicterus
• KA87Neonatal hyperbilirubinaemia
• KA88Disseminated intravascular coagulation of fetus or newborn