Wednesday, December 23, 2015

'NEW' Diagnostic Code in the International Classification of Diseases



Cow bites and spacecraft injuries enliven new medical diagnostic codes


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December 22, 2015
 
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A DISASTER WAITING TO HAPPEN  Injuries at the library now have their very own diagnostic code in the latest revision of International Classification of Diseases used by physicians around the globe. 
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The latest diagnostic coding system for physicians, the International Classification of Diseases – 10th revision, took effect in October. 

With it came some curious new codes compiled in Medical Economics magazine. 

Here is a selection of some hard-to-explain mishaps. 




V91.35: Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to canoe or kayak


V96.00: Unspecified [hot air] balloon accident injuring occupant


Y92.241: Hurt at the library


V95.40: Unspecified spacecraft accident injuring occupant





 

V97.33: Sucked into jet engine


W55.21: Bitten by a cow


W56.22XA: Struck by orca, initial encounter


V91.07: Burn due to water skis on fire

Credit: All animations by James Provost




Link: https://www.sciencenews.org/article/cow-bites-and-spacecraft-injuries-enliven-new-medical-diagnostic-codes

from Science News




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