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Superficial (excludes eye injury code 13) |
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| 02 |
Open wound (excludes eye injury code 13) |
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| 03 |
Fracture (excludes dental injury code 21) |
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| 04 |
Dislocation (includes ruptured disc, cartilage, ligament) |
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| 05 |
Sprain or strain |
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| 06 |
Injury to nerve (includes spinal cord; excludes intracranial injury code 20) |
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| 07 |
Injury to blood vessel |
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| 08 |
Injury to muscle or tendon |
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| 09 |
Crushing injury |
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| 10 |
Traumatic amputation (includes partial amputation) |
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| 11 |
Injury to internal organ |
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| 12 |
Burn or corrosion (excludes eye injury code 13) |
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| 13 |
Eye injury (includes burns, excludes foreign body in external eye code 14.1 ) |
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| 14.1 |
Foreign body in external eye |
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| 14.2 |
Foreign body in ear canal |
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| 14.3 |
Foreign body in nose |
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| 14.4 |
Foreign body in respiratory tract (excludes foreign body in nose code 14.3) |
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| 14.5 |
Foreign body in alimentary tract |
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| 14.6 |
Foreign body in genitourinary tract |
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| 14.7 |
Foreign body in soft tissue |
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| 14.9 |
Foreign body, other/unspecified |
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| 20 |
Intracranial injury (includes concussion) |
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| 21 |
Dental injury (includes fractured tooth) |
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| 22 |
Drowning, immersion |
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| 23 |
Asphyxia or other threat to breathing (excludes drowning immersion code 22) |
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| 24 |
Electrical injury |
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| 25 |
Poisoning, toxic effect (excludes effect of venom, or any insect bite code 26) |
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| 26 |
Effect of venom, or any insect bite |
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| 27 |
Other specified nature of injury |
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| 28 |
Injury of unspecified nature |
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| 29 |
Multiple injuries of more than one 'nature' |
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| 30 |
No injury detected |
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