NC15

The ICD-11 code for injury of blood vessels at shoulder or upper arm level is NC15. The full clinical description is "Injury of blood vessels at shoulder or upper arm level".

ICD-11 code NC15 represents “Injury of blood vessels at shoulder or upper arm level”. It is classified under Chapter 22: Injury, Poisoning or Certain Other Consequences of External Causes.

NC15 is in Chapter 22: Injury, Poisoning or Certain Other Consequences of External Causes (codes NA00-NF2Z).

There is no direct ICD-10 mapping available for NC15 in the WHO crosswalk tables. This may mean the concept is classified differently in ICD-10. Use the ICD-11 to ICD-10 converter to search for related codes.

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.

NC15 has 7 child codes, including: NC15.0 (Injury of axillary artery), NC15.1 (Injury of brachial artery), NC15.2 (Injury of axillary or brachial vein), NC15.3 (Injury of superficial vein at shoulder or upper arm level), and 3 more.