MORTALITY FORUM 2013-04-26 Q1 UPDATE 1
Question from Monique Kosmala, Luxembourg
I have a certificate from a perinatal death
36+6 weeks of pregnancy,2095g female
With hygroma and cardiac failure.
So I do not find a specific Q or P code for this diagnosis, searching for Hygroma: D181.
Is there any more specific code except Q878?
Even when hygroma is often associated with chromosomal abnormalities, there was no mention on the certificate.
Thank you very much for your precious help.
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From Colin Fischbacher / Janice Hogg, Scotland
As Monique knows, there is an index entry for congenital or cystic hygroma that goes to D18.1. This seems more specific than Q87.8 and would seem to us to be a preferable code.