ICD-11 classes
22 Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of...

ICD-11 22 Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes

In the ICD, injury means physical or physiological bodily harm resulting from interaction of the body with energy (mechanical, thermal, electrical, chemical or radiant, or due to extreme pressure) in an amount, or at a rate of transfer, that exceeds physical or physiological tolerance. Injury can also result from lack of vital elements, such as oxygen. Poisoning by and toxic effects of substances are included, as is damage of or due to implanted devices.Injury usually has rapid onset in response to a well-defined event (e.g. a car crash, striking the ground after falling, drinking a strongly alkaline liquid, an overdose of a medication, a burn sustained during a surgical procedure). These events are often referred to as external causes of injury. The injurious energy can, however, originate from the injured person and/or from his or her immediate environment (e.g. a person running on a hot day sustains heat exhaustion), and injury can be caused by the injured person (i.e. intentional self-harm).Injury includes manifestations that are evident immediately after onset, which may persist or not, and manifestations that first become evident at a later date.

The diagnosis includes nothing.

Diagnosis contains 20 clarifying diagnoses:

1. Injuries to the head
   It contains 17 clarifying diagnoses.
2. Injuries to the neck
   It contains 12 clarifying diagnoses.
3. Injuries to the thorax
   It contains 14 clarifying diagnoses.
4. Injuries to the abdomen, lower back, lumbar spine or pelvis
   It contains 17 clarifying diagnoses.
5. Injuries to the shoulder or upper arm
   It contains 12 clarifying diagnoses.
6. Injuries to the elbow or forearm
   It contains 12 clarifying diagnoses.
7. Injuries to the wrist or hand
   It contains 13 clarifying diagnoses.
8. Injuries to the hip or thigh
   It contains 12 clarifying diagnoses.
9. Injuries to the knee or lower leg
   It contains 12 clarifying diagnoses.
10. Injuries to the ankle or foot
    It contains 13 clarifying diagnoses.
11. Injuries involving multiple body regions
    It contains 8 clarifying diagnoses.
12. Injuries to unspecified part of trunk, limb or body region
    It contains 10 clarifying diagnoses.
13. Effects of foreign body entering through natural orifice
    It contains 6 clarifying diagnoses.
14. Burns
    It contains 4 clarifying diagnoses.
15. Frostbite
    It contains 4 clarifying diagnoses.
16. Harmful effects of substances
    It contains 3 clarifying diagnoses.
17. Injury or harm arising from surgical or medical care, not elsewhere classified
    It contains 16 clarifying diagnoses.
18. Other or unspecified effects of external causes
    It contains 14 clarifying diagnoses.
19. NF2Y — Other specified injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes
20. NF2Z — Unspecified injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes