ICD-11 classes
22 Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of...
Burns
ICD-11 Burns
A burn is an injury to the tissues caused by a pathological flux of energy which causes cellular destruction and irreversible denaturation of proteins and is primarily caused by thermal or other acute trauma.
It includes 6 items.
- internal chemical burn or corrosion
- external chemical burn or corrosion
- burns from hot objects
- burns from friction
- burns from hot air and hot gases
- burns from lightning
It excludes 6 items.
- Sunburn (EJ40)
- Adverse cutaneous effects of therapeutic ionizing irradiation (EL60-EL63)
- Adverse effects of phototherapy (EA00-EM0Z)
- Photosensitivity due to drug (EH75)
- Phototoxic reactions to skin contact with photoactive agents (EK20-EK2Z)
- Neonatal phototherapy burn (KC50)
Diagnosis contains 4 clarifying diagnoses:
- Burns of external body surface, specified by site
It contains 11 clarifying diagnoses. - Burns of eye or internal organs
It contains 4 clarifying diagnoses. - Burns of multiple or unspecified body regions
It contains 2 clarifying diagnoses. - NE2Z — Burns, unspecified