VW25

ICD-11 MMS 2026-01

Looking after one's health

Description

Ensuring physical comfort, health and physical and mental well-being, such as by maintaining a balanced diet, and an appropriate level of physical activity, keeping warm or cool, avoiding harms to health, following safe sex practices, such as using condoms, getting immunizations and regular physical examinations.

Index terms

  • Looking after one's health
  • Ensuring one's physical comfort
  • Managing diet and fitness
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  • Maintaining one's health

Sibling codes

  • VW20 – Washing oneself
  • VW21 – Caring for body parts
  • VW22 – Toileting
  • VW23 – Dressing
  • VW24 – Eating
  • VW2Y – Other specified self-care
  • VW2Z – Self-care, unspecified

Foundation entity

Looking after one's health – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1398348540

Part of: V: Supplementary section for functioning assessment