| Code Value |
Definition |
| BIRTHMARK | Tissue that is differentiated from normal tissue but is not the result of an accident or medical procedure, such as a 'blood stain' birthmark on part of the face |
| BRANDED | Image burned into the skin using a branding iron or other form of heat |
| CHEMICAL | Image created by the use of chemicals to burn the image into the skin |
| CUT | Image caused by an incision of the skin |
| IMPLANT | Sub-dermal implants that are visible as distinct shapes in the skin. This category may also be used to indicate jewelry that has been (semi-)permanently affixed to the body _ such as plugs in the earlobes or a microdermal implant that has a jewel ab |
| MARK | Pattern resulting from needle or track marks |
| MISSING | A missing information |
| PIERCING | Deliberately made hole through body tissue, usually to wear body ornamentation |
| SCAR | Healed scar tissue that was the result of an accident or medical procedure |
| TATTOO | A common tattoo or indelible image resulting from the pricking of the skin with a coloring matter |
| ZABIBA | Commonly referred to as a 'prayer bump' on the forehead |