2024-02-29 Question whether to consider as a late maternal death or not? - Response 2

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Dear All,

I have a query regarding a woman who died 10 months post-partum from suicide due to anti-depressant overdose (pt had been prescribed these meds). She was a known case of schizo-affective disorder prior to the pregnancy and also abuser of drugs and alcohol.

Would you consider this as a late maternal death or not?

 

I have coded it as X61.9 till now but I am not sure as it would not show it would be a late maternal case if this is the case.

 

thank you and regards

 

Kathleen England

 

Malta

 

Response from Mexico

 

This is not a maternal death nor late maternal death. 

The UCOD is suicide.

Best regards

Dr. Luis Manuel Torres Palacios

Centro Colaborador para la Familia de Clasificaciones Internacionales 

de la OMS en México (CEMECE)

 

 

Response from Canada

 

Dear All,

 

In Canada we would not code it as a maternal death.  The reason is the exclusions as the start of Chapter 15, excludes all external causes.  Therefore, we would code it to X61.

 

Thank you.

 

Kind regards,

 

Kathy O’Brien

Statistics Canada