Non-admitted patient external cause code NN (Value Domain)

Non-admitted patient external cause code NN

Type: Value Domain
Identifiers: UUID - 67a4d0c0-158c-11e7-803e-0242ac110017; meteor:meteor/270581/
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Stewardship Organisation: Aristotle Demo Organisation
Endorsed by: Health : Standard on March 1, 2005

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Created: 08 March 2015
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Definition

A code set representing the perceived cause of an injury.

	Value	Meaning	Start Date	End Date
Permissible Values	20	Cutting, piercing object	None	None
	21	Dog-related	None	None
	01	Motor vehicle - driver	None	None
	02	Motor vehicle - passenger or unspecified occupant	None	None
	03	Motorcycle - driver	None	None
	04	Motorcycle - passenger or unspecified	None	None
	05	Pedal cyclist or pedal cycle passenger	None	None
	06	Pedestrian	None	None
	07	Other or unspecified transport-related circumstance	None	None
	08	Horse-related (includes fall from, struck or bitten by)	None	None
	09	Fall - low (on same level or < 1 metre or no information on height)	None	None
	10	Fall - high (drop of 1 metre or more)	None	None
	11	Drowning, submersion - swimming pool	None	None
	12	Drowning, submersion - other than swimming pool (excludes drowning associated with water craft)	None	None
	13	Other threat to breathing (including strangling and asphyxiation)	None	None
	14	Fire, flames, smoke	None	None
	15	Hot drink, food, water, other fluid, steam, gas or vapour	None	None
	16	Hot object or substance, not otherwise specified	None	None
	17	Poisoning - drugs or medicinal substance	None	None
	18	Poisoning - other substance	None	None
	19	Firearm	None	None
	22	Animal-related (excluding Horse and Dog)	None	None
	23	(deleted)	None	None
	24	Machinery in operation	None	None
	25	Electricity	None	None
	26	Hot conditions (natural origin) sunlight	None	None
	27	Cold conditions (natural origins)	None	None
	28	Other specified external cause	None	None
	29	Unspecified external cause	None	None
	30	Struck by or collision with person	None	None
	31	Struck by or collision with object	None	None

Comments:
This code list has been derived from the ICD-10-AM external cause classification.