Table 1.

Classification of chronic neuropathic pain in ICD-11

Top/first-level diagnosis
Chronic neuropathic pain
Second-level diagnosis
Chronic peripheral NP	Chronic central NP
Third-level diagnosis
Trigeminal neuralgiaa Chronic NP after peripheral nerve injurya Painful polyneuropathy Postherpetic neuralgia Painful radiculopathy	Chronic central NP associated with spinal cord injurya Chronic central NP associated with brain injurya Chronic central post-stroke pain Chronic central NP associated with MS

According to Scholz et al. (2019)

^aICD-11 introduces the concept of multiple parenting, i.e., certain diagnoses may be listed in other divisions of the chronic pain classification, too, such as chronic posttraumatic pain or orofacial pain. Here, multiple parents are not listed for better readability