Table 5.
Recommended categories of tissue and pathology types for injuries
| Tissue | Pathology type | OSIICS | SMDCS | Notes |
| Muscle/Tendon | Muscle injury | M | 10.07–10.09 | Includes strain, tear, rupture, intramuscular tendon. |
| Muscle contusion | H | 10.24 | ||
| Muscle compartment syndrome | Y | 10.36 | ||
| Tendinopathy | T | 10.28–10.29 | Includes paratenon, related bursa, fasciopathy, partial tear, tendon subluxation (all non-rupture), enthesopathy. | |
| Tendon rupture | R | 10.09 | Complete/full-thickness injury; partial tendon injuries considered to be tendinopathy. | |
| Nervous | Brain/Spinal cord injury | N | 20.40 | Includes concussion and all forms of brain injury and spinal cord. |
| Peripheral nerve Injury | N | 20.39, 20.41–20.42 | Includes neuroma. | |
| Bone | Fracture | F | 30.13–30.16, 30.19 | Traumatic, includes avulsion fracture, teeth. |
| Bone stress injury | S | 30.18, 30.32 | Includes bone marrow oedema, stress fracture, periostitis. | |
| Bone contusion | J | 30.24 | Acute bony traumatic injury without fracture. Osteochondral injuries are considered ‘joint cartilage’. | |
| Avascular necrosis | E | 30.35 | ||
| Physis injury | G | 30.20 | Includes apophysis. | |
| Cartilage/Synovium/Bursa | Cartilage injury | C | 40.17, 40.21, 40.37 | Includes meniscal, labral injuries and articular cartilage, osteochondral injuries. |
| Arthritis | A | 40.33–40.34 | Post-traumatic osteoarthritis. | |
| Synovitis/Capsulitis | Q | 40.22, 40.34 | Includes joint impingement. | |
| Bursitis | B | 40.31 | Includes calcific bursitis, traumatic bursitis. | |
| Ligament/Joint capsule | Joint sprain (ligament tear or acute instability episode) | L or D | 50.01–50.11 | Includes partial and complete tears plus injuries to non-specific ligaments and joint capsule; includes joint dislocations/subluxations. |
| Chronic instability | U | 50.12 | ||
| Superficial tissues/skin | Contusion (superficial) | V | 60.24 | Contusion, bruise, vascular damage. |
| Laceration | K | 60.25 | ||
| Abrasion | I | 60.26–60.27 | ||
| Vessels | Vascular trauma | V | 70.45 | |
| Stump | Stump injury | W | 91.44 | In amputees. |
| Internal organs | Organ trauma | O | 80.46 | Includes trauma to any organ (excluding concussion), drowning, relevant for all specialised organs not mentioned elsewhere (lungs, abdominal and pelvic organs, thyroid, breast). |
| Non-specific | Injury without tissue type specified | P or Z | 00.00 (also 00.23, 00.38, 00.42) | No specific tissue pathology diagnosed. |
OSIICS, Orchard Sports Injury and Illness Classification System; SMDCS, Sport Medicine Diagnostic Coding System.