ICD-10

From parent levels

ChapterVMental and behavioural disordersOpen

Inclusions

  • disorders of psychological development

Exclusions

  • symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified (R00-R99)
BlockF50-F59Behavioural syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factorsOpen
CategoryF53Mental and behavioural disorders associated with the puerperium, not elsewhere classifiedOpen

This category includes only mental disorders associated with the puerperium (commencing within six weeks of delivery) that do not meet the criteria for disorders classified elsewhere in this chapter, either because insufficient information is available, or because it is considered that special additional clinical features are present that make their classification elsewhere inappropriate.

F53.1

CategoryResidualBlock F50-F59Chapter V

Severe mental and behavioural disorders associated with the puerperium, not elsewhere classified

Inclusions

  • Puerperal psychosis NOS
Parent: F53 Mental and behavioural disorders associated with the puerperium, not elsewhere classified