Cow bites and spacecraft injuries enliven new medical diagnostic codes
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
