PC71

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Intentional self-harm by threat to breathing by hanging

Index terms

  • Intentional self-harm by threat to breathing by hanging
  • attempted suicide by hanging
  • decedent hung himself or herself
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  • found hanging
  • hanged self
  • hanged self with belt
  • hanged self with electrical cord
  • hanged self with ligature
  • hung self
  • self inflicted hanging
  • suicide by hanging

Sibling codes

  • PC70 – Intentional self-harm by threat to breathing by suffocation from object covering mouth or nose
  • PC72 – Intentional self-harm by threat to breathing by strangulation
  • PC73 – Intentional self-harm by threat to breathing by external compression of airways or chest
  • PC74 – Intentional self-harm by inhalation or ingestion of gastric contents
  • PC75 – Intentional self-harm by threat to breathing by inhalation or ingestion of liquids
  • PC76 – Intentional self-harm by threat to breathing by inhalation or ingestion of food
  • PC77 – Intentional self-harm by threat to breathing by inhalation or ingestion of other objects or materials
  • PC78 – Intentional self-harm by threat to breathing from low oxygen environment
  • PC7Y – Other specified intentional self-harm by threat to breathing
  • PC7Z – Intentional self-harm by threat to breathing, unspecified

Foundation entity

Intentional self-harm by threat to breathing by hanging – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/807340493

Allowed postcoordination axes

Part of: 23: External causes of morbidity or mortality