ICD-11 code : KA86;
Preferred Label : Neonatal kernicterus;
ICD-11 definition : Kernicterus is a pathologic diagnosis of the neonate that is characterized by yellow
staining of the basal ganglia following elevated bilirubin concentrations in the blood
and/or a breech in the blood brain barrier more common in the premature infant or
the sick term neonate. It is characterized later in infancy and childhood by hearing
deficits, choreoathetosis, and varying degrees of cognitive deficit.;
ICD-11 synonym : hyperbilirubinemic encephalopathy; bilirubin encephalopathy; kernicterus of newborn NOS; nuclear jaundice;
Origin ID : 1478425625;
UMLS CUI : C0022610;
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UMLS correspondences (same concept)
Kernicterus is a pathologic diagnosis of the neonate that is characterized by yellow
staining of the basal ganglia following elevated bilirubin concentrations in the blood
and/or a breech in the blood brain barrier more common in the premature infant or
the sick term neonate. It is characterized later in infancy and childhood by hearing
deficits, choreoathetosis, and varying degrees of cognitive deficit.