23External causes of morbidity or mortality Maltreatment
PJ20
category
Physical maltreatment
Definition Non-accidental acts of physical force that result, or have reasonable potential to result, in physical harm or that evoke significant fear. The category is applied to the victim of the maltreatment, not the perpetrator.
Also indexed as
Battered baby syndrome Battered child syndrome Battered spouse syndrome Physical maltreatment Shaken infant syndrome physical abuse shaken baby syndrome
International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11), World Health Organization (WHO) 2019/2021, https://icd.who.int/browse11. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 IGO (CC BY-ND 3.0 IGO).
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