Causes of death and associated conditions (Codac) – a utilitarian approach to the classification of perinatal deaths

Table 5 Simplified Codac.

0) I NFECTION	02 MALARIA
	04 SYPHILIS
	05 GROUP B STREPTOCOCCUS (GBS)
	06 COMMON BACTERIA OF MATERNAL FLORA (NON-GBS)
1) N EONATAL	11 EXTREME PREMATURITY
	13 CARDIO-RESPIRATORY
	19 INFECTION
2) I NTRAPARTUM	23 MALPRESENTATION
	25 PROLONGED/OBSTRUCTED OR INCOMPLETE LABOR
	26 EXTREME PREMATURITY
	29 UNKNOWN (FETAL RESPIRATORY FAILURE/ASPHYXIA)
3) C ONGENITAL ANOMALY	31 CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
	32 CARDIOVASCULAR AND LYMPHATIC VESSELS
	37 TRISOMIES
4) F ETAL	43 ALLOIMMUNIZATION
	47 HYDROPS OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN
5) C ORD	51 KNOTS
	52 LOOPS
	53 ABNORMAL INSERTION
6) P LACENTA	63 ABRUPTION
	64 INFARCTIONS AND THROMBI
7) M ATERNAL	71 HYPERTENSIVE DISORDER
	73 DIABETES
	79 INFECTION
8) U NKNOWN	81 UNKNOWN	8) A SSOCIATED PERINATAL	81 SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE
	85 UNEXPLAINED		83 MULTIPLES
	86 UNCLASSIFIABLE		89 SUBOPTIMAL CARE
9) T ERMINATION	91 FOR CONG. ANOMALY	9) A SSOCIATED MATERNAL	91 OBSTETRIC HISTORY
	94 FOR FETAL DISEASE		92 SMOKING
	96 FOR MATERNAL CONDITION		95 POVERTY

If only the level I code is entered, the default level II subgroup is 0 = "Unspecified or other".

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