PL12

The ICD-11 code for mode of injury or harm associated with a surgical or other medical device, implant or graft is PL12. The full clinical description is "Mode of injury or harm associated with a surgical or other medical device, implant or graft".

ICD-11 code PL12 represents “Mode of injury or harm associated with a surgical or other medical device, implant or graft”. It is classified under Chapter 23: External Causes of Morbidity or Mortality.

PL12 is in Chapter 23: External Causes of Morbidity or Mortality (codes PA00-PL2Z).

There is no direct ICD-10 mapping available for PL12 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.

PL12 has 9 child codes, including: PL12.0 (Structural device failure, as mode of injury or harm), PL12.1 (Functional device failure, as mode of injury or harm), PL12.2 (Perforation or protrusion by device, as mode of injury or harm), PL12.3 (Obstruction of device, as mode of injury or harm), and 5 more.