FOI_8554

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8554

Date Request Received: 01/04/2025 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 15/04/2025 00:00:00

This response was sent via: By Email

Request Summary: Foreign objects

Request Category: Companies


Question Number 1: I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act: For the period from January 2019 to the most recent available data, please provide the following details relating to admissions involving the insertion of objects into the anus or vagina. • The total number of incidents recorded per year. • The age and gender of the individual involved in each incident (if available and anonymised). • A brief description of the incident or nature of injury and if the insertion was accidental or deliberate (if available and anonymised). • The item used - including but not limited to sex toys, household objects, and food. To assist in locating relevant records, the following diagnostic or classification codes may be useful where applicable: ICD-10 codes (if applicable): T18.3 – Foreign body in rectum T18.4 – Foreign body in anus T19.2 – Foreign body in vulva and vagina ICD-11 codes (if applicable): PL12.0 – Foreign body in anus and rectum PL11.0 – Foreign body in vagina and vulva ND52 – Contact with vibrator SNOMED CT (if used): 289706006 – Foreign body in vagina 432504007 – Foreign body in rectum

Answer To Question 1: Please see our response to this FOI in the Excel spreadsheet attached. We are unable to provide details of nature of the injury or the item/s used as this information is not contained within the clinical coding and this would potentially identify individuals. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below: 12886 - FOI_8554 - Foreign objects - FOR ISSUE.xlsx
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