How many codes are in EMDN category X?

Category X (Products without an Intended Medical Purpose (Annex XVI)) holds 19 terminal codes spread across 6 groups. Terminal codes are the ones a EUDAMED device record accepts. EMDN v2026.

Which X group has the most codes?

X01 (Contact Lenses or Other Items Intended to Be Introduced Into or Onto the Eye without an Intended Medical Purpose), with 4 terminal codes, or 21% of everything in category X. At the other end, 1 group is a single terminal code with no hierarchy below it.

How much of category X is catch-all codes?

1 of the 19 terminal codes in category X are "- Other" or "- Accessories" entries, 5% of the category. Those are residual slots for devices the named codes do not cover, so it is worth ruling out the specific codes in a group before settling on one.

XProducts without an Intended Medical Purpose (Annex XVI)

EMDN category X contains 6 groups and 19 terminal codes (EMDN v2026). Select a group for its complete code hierarchy.

X01Contact Lenses or Other Items Intended to Be Introduced Into or Onto the Eye without an Intended Medical Purpose4 terminal codes X02Products without an Intended Medical Purpose Intended to Be Totally or Partially Introduced Into the Human Body Through Surgically Invasive Means for the Purpose of Modifying the Anatomy or Fixation of Body Parts with the Exception of Tattooing Products and Piercings4 terminal codes X03Substances, Combinations of Substances, or Items without an Intended Medical Purpose Intended to Be Used for Facial or Other Dermal or Mucous Membrane Filling by Subcutaneous, Submucous or Intradermal Injection or Other Introduction, Excluding Those for Tattooing4 terminal codes X04Equipment without an Intended Medical Purpose Intended to Be Used to Reduce, Remove or Destroy Adipose Tissue3 terminal codes X05High Intensity Electromagnetic Radiation Emitting Equipment without an Intended Medical Purpose Intended for Use on the Human Body for Skin Resurfacing, Tattoo or Hair Removal or Other Skin Treatment3 terminal codes X06Equipment without an Intended Medical Purpose Intended for Brain Stimulation That Apply Electrical Currents or Magnetic or Electromagnetic Fields That Penetrate the Cranium to Modify Neuronal Activity in the Brain1 terminal codes

How category X is distributed

The 6 groups in this category are not evenly sized. X01 (Contact Lenses or Other Items Intended to Be Introduced Into or Onto the Eye without an Intended Medical Purpose) alone holds 4 terminal codes, 21% of the category, while 1 group is a single terminal code with no hierarchy at all. Hierarchies here run up to 3 levels below a group code, and 5% of the category’s terminal codes are “- Other” or “- Accessories” fallbacks rather than named device types.

Frequently asked questions

How many codes are in EMDN category X?: Category X (Products without an Intended Medical Purpose (Annex XVI)) holds 19 terminal codes spread across 6 groups. Terminal codes are the ones a EUDAMED device record accepts. EMDN v2026.
Which X group has the most codes?: X01 (Contact Lenses or Other Items Intended to Be Introduced Into or Onto the Eye without an Intended Medical Purpose), with 4 terminal codes, or 21% of everything in category X. At the other end, 1 group is a single terminal code with no hierarchy below it.
How much of category X is catch-all codes?: 1 of the 19 terminal codes in category X are "- Other" or "- Accessories" entries, 5% of the category. Those are residual slots for devices the named codes do not cover, so it is worth ruling out the specific codes in a group before settling on one.

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Source: European Commission, EMDN v2026 official release. Terminal codes are the only codes accepted in a EUDAMED device record. EMDN is a nomenclature, not a risk classification. MDR/IVDR class is determined separately.