NB62.6

The ICD-11 code for puncture wound or laceration of dura mater of lumbar spinal cord is NB62.6. The full clinical description is "Puncture wound or laceration of dura mater of lumbar spinal cord".

ICD-11 code NB62.6 represents “Puncture wound or laceration of dura mater of lumbar spinal cord”. It is classified under Chapter 22: Injury, Poisoning or Certain Other Consequences of External Causes.

NB62.6 is in Chapter 22: Injury, Poisoning or Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes NA00-NF2Z).

NB62.6 maps to the ICD-10 code: S34.1 (Other and unsp injury of lumbar and sacral spinal cord). This is an equivalent mapping.

ICD-11 is the latest revision of the WHO's International Classification of Diseases, succeeding ICD-10. Key differences include: a fully digital-first design, new chapters for sleep-wake disorders, sexual health, and traditional medicine, improved coding for rare diseases, and better integration with electronic health records through extension codes.

The ICF Core Set for Spinal Cord Injury includes 73 functioning categories covering body functions, activities, and environmental factors commonly assessed with this condition. View the related ICF categories above.

NB62.6 is linked to 1 UMLS Concept Unique Identifier: C2838613. The UMLS (Unified Medical Language System) integrates multiple biomedical vocabularies maintained by the U.S. National Library of Medicine.