QE04

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Target of perceived adverse discrimination or persecution

Description

Persecution or discrimination, perceived as reality by an individual or real, on the basis of membership in some group (such as defined by skin colour, religion, ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, etc.) rather than personal characteristics

Index terms

  • Target of perceived adverse discrimination or persecution
  • Exposure to discrimination
  • Ethnic discrimination
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  • Political discrimination
  • Racial discrimination
  • Religious discrimination
  • Sexual discrimination
  • sex discrimination
  • Social rejection due to discrimination
  • Exposure to persecution
  • Social persecution
  • Social rejection due to persecution

Excludes

  • QE03 – Social exclusion or rejection

Sibling codes

  • QE00 – Acculturation difficulty
  • QE01 – Stress, not elsewhere classified
  • QE02 – Social role conflict
  • QE03 – Social exclusion or rejection
  • QE0Y – Other specified problems associated with social or cultural environment
  • QE0Z – Problems associated with social or cultural environment, unspecified

Foundation entity

Target of perceived adverse discrimination or persecution – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1948692361

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