Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes

Description

!markdown 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.

Excludes

FB80.7 – Malunion of fracture
FB80.8 – Nonunion of fracture
FB80.A – Stress fracture, not elsewhere classified
FB80.B – Pathological fracture
http://id.who.int/icd/entity/624443803 – Birth injury
JB0A – Certain specified obstetric trauma

Child codes

NF2Y – Other specified injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes
NF2Z – Unspecified injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes

Sibling codes

01 – Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
02 – Neoplasms
03 – Diseases of the blood or blood-forming organs
04 – Diseases of the immune system
05 – Endocrine, nutritional or metabolic diseases
06 – Mental, behavioural or neurodevelopmental disorders
07 – Sleep-wake disorders
08 – Diseases of the nervous system
09 – Diseases of the visual system
10 – Diseases of the ear or mastoid process
11 – Diseases of the circulatory system
12 – Diseases of the respiratory system
13 – Diseases of the digestive system
14 – Diseases of the skin
15 – Diseases of the musculoskeletal system or connective tissue
16 – Diseases of the genitourinary system
17 – Conditions related to sexual health
18 – Pregnancy, childbirth or the puerperium
19 – Certain conditions originating in the perinatal period
20 – Developmental anomalies
21 – Symptoms, signs or clinical findings, not elsewhere classified
23 – External causes of morbidity or mortality
24 – Factors influencing health status or contact with health services
25 – Codes for special purposes
26 – Supplementary Chapter Traditional Medicine Conditions
V – Supplementary section for functioning assessment
X – Extension Codes

Foundation entity

Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/435227771