PL12 Mode of injury or harm associated with a surgical or other medical device, implant or graft

International Classification of Diseases for Mortality and Morbidity Statistics, 11th Revision, v2025-01

sections/codes in this section ()

• Structural device failure, as mode of injury or harm  (PL12.0)
• Functional device failure, as mode of injury or harm  (PL12.1)
• Perforation or protrusion by device, as mode of injury or harm  (PL12.2)
• Obstruction of device, as mode of injury or harm  (PL12.3)
• Dislodgement, misconnection or de-attachment, as mode of injury or harm  (PL12.4)
• Operator error, as mode of injury or harm  (PL12.5)
• Combination or interaction of operator error and device failure, as mode of injury or harm  (PL12.6)
• Other specified mode of injury or harm associated with a surgical or other medical device, implant or graft  (PL12.Y)
• Mode of injury or harm associated with a surgical or other medical device, implant or graft, unspecified  (PL12.Z)

coding note

Code first the injury or harm associated with the device. Code also the cause of harm which identifies the type of device.

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