MD11.1 Asphyxia

International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2026-01

Asphyxia is a life-threatening condition in which oxygen is prevented from reaching the tissues by obstruction of or damage to any part of the respiratory system. More generally the term indicates all the conditions generating impaired or impeded breathing.

exclusions

• asphyxia due to carbon monoxide  (NE61)
• asphyxia due to foreign body in respiratory tract  (ND72)
• Asphyxia due to trauma  (Chapter 22)

code elsewhere

• Intrauterine hypoxia  (KB20)
• Birth asphyxia  (KB21)

synonyms

• Asphyxia
• asphyxial episode
• decreased oxygen supply
• oxygen deficiency
• pathological asphyxia
• positional asphyxia
• respiratory asphyxiation
• Hypoxia
• hypoxaemia
• hypoxic
• pathological hypoxaemia
• Anoxia
• anoxemia
• anoxic anoxia
• pathological anoxia

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