Vitamin K deficiency hemorrhagic disease

ICD-10 Code E56.1

Vitamin K deficiency hemorrhagic disease

Definition

Deficiency of vitamin K. It may lead to bleeding, manifested with ecchymoses, petechiae, and hematomas. In infants it may cause hemorrhagic disease of newborn with intracranial and retroperitoneal bleeding.

Also known as deficiency of vitamin K, vitamin K deficiency, vitamin K deficiency coagulation disorder — per MONDO

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