Term: Caesarean Birth

Glossary Definition

Last Updated: 2012-11-05

Definition:

"Birth of fetus accomplished by performing a surgical incision through the maternal abdomen and uterus." (Olds SB et al., 2004).

For the method used to identify caesarean births in Heaman et al. (2012), including the ICD-9-CM and CCI codes, please see Appendix Table A.4 - Table of Codes - Caesarean Births for more information.

Related concepts 

• Caesarean Section / Cesarean Section (C-Section)
• Maternal and Newborn Health Status Indicators

Related terms 

• Caesarean Section / Cesarean Section (C-Section)
• Spontaneous Vaginal Birth
• Vaginal Birth
• Vaginal Birth after Caesarean Section (VBAC)
• Vaginal Births with Epidural Anesthesia

References 

• Olds SB, London ML, Wieland PA, Davidson MR. Maternal-Newborn Nursing and Women's Health Care. 7th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education Inc. 2004.(View)

Term used in 

• Heaman M, Kingston D, Helewa M, Brownell M, Derksen S, Bogdanovic B, McGowan K, Bailly A. Perinatal Services and Outcomes in Manitoba. Winnipeg, MB: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, 2012. [Report] [Summary] [Updates and Errata] (View)