Birth injuries

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Birth injuries, particularly brain damage can occur in the process of childbirth due to a number of factors:

• Breech birth
• Medical instrument use, particularly associated with use of forceps and other devices placed around the feotuses head to aid manual extraction from the womb. etc
• Obstetrical complications
• Neonatal anoxia

ICD-10 classification

(P10-P15) Birth trauma

• (P10) Intracranial laceration and haemorrhage due to birth injury

• (P11) Other birth injuries to central nervous system

• (P12) Birth injury to scalp
  • (P120) Cephalhaematoma due to birth injury

• (P13) Birth injury to skeleton

• (P14) Birth injury to peripheral nervous system
  • (P140) Erb's paralysis due to birth injury
  • (P141) Klumpke's paralysis due to birth injury
  • (P142) Phrenic nerve paralysis due to birth injury
  • (P143) Other brachial plexus birth injuries
  • (P148) Birth injuries to other parts of peripheral nervous system
  • (P149) Birth injury to peripheral nervous system, unspecified

• (P15) Other birth injuries

See also

• Birth
• Birth trauma
• Neonatal disorders