NC16

The ICD-11 code for injury of muscle, fascia, tendon or bursa at shoulder or upper arm level is NC16. The full clinical description is "Injury of muscle, fascia, tendon or bursa at shoulder or upper arm level".

ICD-11 code NC16 represents “Injury of muscle, fascia, tendon or bursa at shoulder or upper arm level”. It is classified under Chapter 22: Injury, Poisoning or Certain Other Consequences of External Causes.

NC16 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 NC16 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.

NC16 has 8 child codes, including: NC16.0 (Injury of muscle or tendon of the rotator cuff of shoulder), NC16.1 (Injury of muscle, fascia or tendon of long head of biceps), NC16.2 (Injury of muscle, fascia or tendon of other parts of biceps), NC16.3 (Injury of muscle, fascia or tendon of triceps), and 4 more.