1C13

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Tetanus

Description

A disease of the skeletal muscle fibres, caused by an infection with the gram-positive bacteria Clostridium tetani. This disease is characterised by muscle spasms. Transmission is by direct contact of Clostridium tetani to an open wound.

Index terms

  • Tetanus
  • Lock-jaw
  • Tetanus other than obstetrical and neonatal
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  • Cephalic tetanus

Excludes

  • 1C14 – Obstetrical tetanus
  • 1C15 – Tetanus neonatorum

Exclusions from above levels

  • NE83.1 – Infection arising from device, implant or graft, not elsewhere classified

Sibling codes

  • 1C10 – Actinomycosis
  • 1C11 – Bartonellosis
  • 1C12 – Whooping cough
  • 1C14 – Obstetrical tetanus
  • 1C15 – Tetanus neonatorum
  • 1C16 – Gas gangrene
  • 1C17 – Diphtheria
  • 1C18 – Brazilian purpuric fever
  • 1C19 – Legionellosis
  • 1C1A – Listeriosis
  • 1C1B – Nocardiosis
  • 1C1C – Meningococcal disease
  • 1C1D – Yaws
  • 1C1E – Pinta
  • 1C1F – Endemic non-venereal syphilis
  • 1C1G – Lyme borreliosis
  • 1C1H – Necrotising ulcerative gingivitis
  • 1C1J – Relapsing fever
  • 1C40 – Campylobacteriosis
  • 1C41 – Bacterial infection of unspecified site
  • 1C42 – Melioidosis
  • 1C43 – Actinomycetoma
  • 1C44 – Non-pyogenic bacterial infections of the skin
  • 1C45 – Toxic shock syndrome
  • 1C4Y – Other specified bacterial diseases
  • 1C4Z – Unspecified bacterial disease

Foundation entity

Tetanus – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1793762788

Part of: 01: Certain infectious or parasitic diseases