NE81

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Injury or harm arising from a procedure, not elsewhere classified

Description

Any complication attributable to a medical, surgical or other clinical procedure which cannot be more precisely coded elsewhere in the classification.

Excludes

  • NE60 – Harmful effects of drugs, medicaments or biological substances, not elsewhere classified
  • NE80 – Injury or harm arising following infusion, transfusion or therapeutic injection, not elsewhere classified
  • NE84 – Failure or rejection of transplanted organs or tissues

Exclusions from above levels

  • BE11 – Other functional disturbances following cardiac surgery
  • BE1B.0 – Postmastectomy lymphoedema syndrome
  • DE11 – Dumping syndrome
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  • DE12.0 – Colostomy malfunction
  • DE13 – Postsurgical blind-loop syndrome
  • http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1561359275 – Disorders of fluid, electrolyte or acid-base balance
  • http://id.who.int/icd/entity/163532889 – burns and corrosions from local applications and irradiation
  • NE60 – poisoning and toxic effects of drugs and chemicals
  • QB31.0 – Fitting or adjustment of external prosthetic device
  • QB62 – Attention to artificial openings
  • 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

  • NE81.0 – Haemorrhage or haematoma complicating a procedure, not elsewhere classified
  • NE81.1 – Disruption of operation wound, not elsewhere classified
  • NE81.2 – Surgical site infection
  • NE81.3 – Postsurgical leak
  • NE81.Y – Other specified injury or harm arising from a procedure, not elsewhere classified
  • NE81.Z – Injury or harm arising from a procedure, not elsewhere classified, unspecified

Sibling codes

  • NE80 – Injury or harm arising following infusion, transfusion or therapeutic injection, not elsewhere classified
  • NE82 – Dysfunction or complication of pacemaker, pacemaker lead or implantable cardioverter defibrillator, not elsewhere classified
  • NE83 – Injury or harm arising from other device, implant or graft, not elsewhere classified
  • NE84 – Failure or rejection of transplanted organs or tissues
  • NE85 – Complications peculiar to reattachment or amputation
  • NE86 – Malignant hyperthermia due to anaesthesia
  • NE87 – Failed or difficult intubation
  • NE88 – Drug toxicity associated with harm in surgical or medical care, not elsewhere classified
  • NE89 – Awareness under general anaesthesia
  • NE8Y – Other specified injury or harm arising from surgical or medical care, not elsewhere classified
  • NE8Z – Injury or harm arising from surgical or medical care, not elsewhere classified, unspecified

Foundation entity

Injury or harm arising from a procedure, not elsewhere classified – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1952274258

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: 22: Injury, poisoning or certain other consequences of external causes