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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

  • (P15) Other birth injuries



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