Holding devices, e.g. on the body

Introduced: September 1968

Full Title

Full titles differ between systems:

IPC:

Catheters; Hollow probes > Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters > Holding devices, e.g. on the body

CPC:

Catheters; Hollow probes (dilators A61M29/00; ; for measuring or testing A61B; ) > Introducing, guiding, advancing, emplacing or holding catheters (A61M25/10 takes precedence) > Holding devices, e.g. on the body

CPC subdivides this area 10x more granularly than IPC with 9 additional codes.

9 codes are CPC-only extensions.

Note: 9 CPC extensions are marked as secondary classification only.

IPC defines codes here since 1990.

Child Classifications

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A61M 2025/0206 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A61M 2025/0213 2nd only +3 CPC CPC only CPC only
A61M 2025/024 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A61M 2025/0246 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A61M 2025/0253 2nd only +1 CPC CPC only CPC only
A61M 2025/0266 2nd only +1 CPC CPC only CPC only
A61M 2025/028 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A61M 2025/0286 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A61M 2025/0293 2nd only CPC only CPC only
A61M 25/04 in the body, e.g. expansible since 1990 IPC+CPC Available in IPC and CPC