Southern, Danielle A.Harrison, James E.Romano, Patrick S.Le Pogam, Marie-AnnickPincus, Harold A.Ghali, William A.2022-02-272022-02-272022-02-24BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making. 2022 Feb 24;21(Suppl 6):376http://hdl.handle.net/1880/114437Abstract ICD-11 provides a promising new way to capture healthcare-related harm or injury. In this paper, we elaborate on the framework for describing healthcare-related events where there is a presumed causal link between an event and underlying healthcare-related factors. The three-part model for describing healthcare-related harm or injury in ICD-11 consists of (1) a healthcare-related activity that is the cause of injury or other harm (selected from Chapter 23 of ICD-11); (2) a mode or mechanism of injury or harm, related to the underlying cause (also from Chapter 23 of ICD-11); and (3) the harmful consequences of the event to the patient, selected from any of Chapters 1 through 22 of ICD-11 (most importantly, the injury or harm experienced by the patient). Concepts from these three elements are linked/clustered through postcoordination to reflect the three-part model in a single coded expression. ICD-11 contains many novel features, and the three-part model described here for healthcare-related adverse events is a notable example.Journal Article2022-02-27enThe Author(s)https://doi.org/10.1186/s12911-022-01786-w