July
16
Injured By A UFO? There’s A Medical Diagnostic Code For That
Posted In: Medical by Andy at 8:58 pm
The Wall Street Journal’s Health blog researches some of the more interesting medical diagnostic codes to help track injuries throughout the world. For instance, if you’re injured by a spacecraft, that’s ICD-9 code E845.
And the extended definition notes that the code includes “launching pad accident,” but excludes “effects of weightlessness in spacecraft,” which has its own code (E928.0). And with a little sleuthing they found a reference to the need for these spacecraft codes go all the way back to 1966. No doubt due to the heightened awareness of the space race.
More interesting codes:
- injury by nuclear weapons - E979.5
- by paintball gun - E922.5
- by atomic power plant malfunction in watercraft - E838
- by ski-lift with gondola - E847
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