Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T98)
Excludes:
birth trauma (P10-P15)
obstetric trauma (O70-O71)
The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to multiple or unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.
Where multiple sites of injury are specified in the titles, the word "with" indicates involvement of both sites, and the word "and" indicates in- volvement of either or both sites.
The principle of multiple coding of injuries should be followed wherever possible. Combination categories for multiple injuries are provided for use when there is insufficient detail as to the nature of the individual conditions, or for primary tabulation purposes when it is more convenient to record a single code; otherwise, the component injuries should be coded separately. Reference should also be made to the morbidity or mortality coding rules and guidelines in Volume 2.
The blocks of the S-section as well as T00-T14 and T90-T98 contain injuries at the three-character level classified by type as follows:
Superficial injury including:
abrasion
blister (nonthermal)
contusion, including bruise and haematoma
injury from superficial foreign body (splinter) without major open wound
insect bite (nonvenomous)
Open wound including:
animal bite
cut
laceration
puncture wound:
. NOS
. with (penetrating) foreign body
Fracture including:
Fracture:
. closed:
. comminuted—with or without delayed healing
. depressed—with or without delayed healing
. elevated—with or without delayed healing
. fissured—with or without delayed healing
. greenstick—with or without delayed healing
. impacted—with or without delayed healing
. linear—with or without delayed healing
. march—with or without delayed healing
. simple—with or without delayed healing
. slipped epiphysis—with or without delayed healing
. spiral—with or without delayed healing
.dislocated
.displaced
Fracture:
. open:
. compound—with or without delayed healing
. infected—with or without delayed healing
. missile—with or without delayed healing
. puncture—with or without delayed healing
. with foreign body—with or without delayed healing
Excludes:
fracture:
. pathological (M84.4)
. with osteoporosis (M80.-)
. stress (M84.3)
malunion of fracture (M84.0)
nonunion of fracture [pseudoarthrosis] (M84.1)
Dislocation, sprain and strain including:
avulsion—of joint (capsule) . ligament
laceration—of joint (capsule) . ligament
sprain—of joint (capsule) . ligament
strain—of joint (capsule) . ligament
traumatic: —of joint (capsule) . ligament
. haemarthrosis—of joint (capsule) . ligament
. rupture—of joint (capsule) . ligament
. subluxation—of joint (capsule) . ligament
. tear—of joint (capsule) . ligament
Injury to nerves and spinal cord including:
complete or incomplete lesion of spinal cord
lesion in continuity of nerves and spinal cord
traumatic:
. division of nerve
. haematomyelia
. paralysis (transient)
. paraplegia
. quadriplegia
Injury to blood vessels including:
avulsion — of blood vessels
cut — of blood vessels
laceration — of blood vessels
traumatic: — of blood vessels
. aneurysm or fistula — of blood vessels
(arteriovenous) — of blood vessels
. arterial haematoma — of blood vessels
. rupture — of blood vessels
Injury to muscle and tendon including:
avulsion of muscle and tendon
cut of muscle and tendon
laceration of muscle and tendon
traumatic rupture of muscle and tendon
Crushing injury
Traumatic amputation
Injury to internal organs including:
blast injuries of internal organs
bruise of internal organs
concussion injuries of internal organs
crushing of internal organs
laceration of internal organs
traumatic: of internal organs
. haematoma of internal organs
. puncture of internal organs
. rupture of internal organs
. tear of internal organs
Other and unspecified injuries
