In order to provide a consistent grouping and ranking standard, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) prepared a
List of 124 Selected Causes of Fetal Death. Forty-five causes on that list were
designated as eligible to be ranked as leading causes of fetal death (
List of
45 Rankable Causes of Death). NJSHAD's list of Leading Causes of Fetal
Death is derived from the list of 45 causes by grouping rare but rankable causes as well as unrankable causes into a residual group (#7 in the table below)
for ease of use and tabulation. For more information about the NCHS rankings see
ICD-10 Cause-of-Death Lists for Tabulating Mortality
Statistics and
Cause of Fetal Death on the NCHS website.
A full list of ICD-10 codes is available at
http://www.who.int/classifications/icd/en/.
|
Cause of Death |
ICD-10 Codes |
Note |
| 1 |
Fetus affected by maternal conditions which may be unrelated to present pregnancy |
P00 |
|
| 2 |
Fetus affected by maternal complications of pregnancy |
P01 |
|
| 3 |
Fetus affected by complications of placenta, cord and membranes |
P02 |
|
| 4 |
Disorders related to short gestation and low birth weight, not elsewhere classified |
P07 |
Included in Residual begining in 2018 |
| 5 |
Fetal death of unspecified cause |
P95 |
|
| 6 |
Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities |
Q00-Q99 |
Birth defects/Congenital anomalies |
| 7 |
All other diseases and external causes |
Residual |
|
