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NE81 Injury or harm arising from a procedure, not elsewhere classified

International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2024-01

Any complication attributable to a medical, surgical or other clinical procedure which cannot be more precisely coded elsewhere in the classification.

exclusions

• Harmful effects of drugs, medicaments or biological substances, not elsewhere classified  (NE60)
• Failure or rejection of transplanted organs or tissues  (NE84)
• Injury or harm arising following infusion, transfusion or therapeutic injection, not elsewhere classified  (NE80)

sections/codes in this section (NE81-NE81)

• Haemorrhage or haematoma complicating a procedure, not elsewhere classified  (NE81.0)
• Disruption of operation wound, not elsewhere classified  (NE81.1)
• Surgical site infection  (NE81.2)
• Postsurgical leak  (NE81.3)
• Other specified injury or harm arising from a procedure, not elsewhere classified  (NE81.Y)
• Injury or harm arising from a procedure, not elsewhere classified, unspecified  (NE81.Z)

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