ICD-11 code : KD3B;
Preferred Label : Fetal death, cause not specified;
ICD-11 definition : Fetal death is death of a fetus prior to its complete expulsion or extraction from
a woman, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy. Fetal death may be diagnosed in
utero by absence of fetal heart sounds, confirmed by imaging techniques where available,
or after delivery by absence of signs of life after the complete expulsion or extraction
from the woman. Stillbirth is the complete expulsion or extraction from a woman of
a fetus, following its death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction, at 22
or more completed weeks of gestation.;
ICD-11 synonym : osteopedion fetus; stillborn NOS; stillbirth NOS; calcified fetus; lithopedion fetus; fetus maceration;
ICD-11 inclusion : fetus maceration; stillborn NOS; osteopedion fetus; stillbirth NOS; calcified fetus; lithopedion fetus; fetal death; lithopedion; perinatal mortality;
ICD-11 "unspecified" category code : KD3B.Z;
Origin ID : 505744734;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- ICD-10 Mapping
Fetal death is death of a fetus prior to its complete expulsion or extraction from
a woman, irrespective of the duration of pregnancy. Fetal death may be diagnosed in
utero by absence of fetal heart sounds, confirmed by imaging techniques where available,
or after delivery by absence of signs of life after the complete expulsion or extraction
from the woman. Stillbirth is the complete expulsion or extraction from a woman of
a fetus, following its death prior to the complete expulsion or extraction, at 22
or more completed weeks of gestation.
