SUPPLEMENTARY CLASSIFICATION OF EXTERNAL CAUSES OF INJURY AND POISONING (E000-E999)
This section is provided to permit the classification of environmental events, circumstances, and conditions as the cause of injury, poisoning, and other adverse effects. Where a code from this section is applicable, it is intended that it shall be used in addition to a code from one of the main chapters of ICD-9-CM, indicating the nature of the condition. Certain other conditions which may be stated to be due to external causes are classified in Chapters 1 to 16 of ICD-9-CM. For these, the "E" code classification should be used as an additional code for more detailed analysis.
Machinery accidents [other than those connected with transport] are classifiable to category E919, in which the fourth digit allows a broad classification of the type of machinery involved.
Categories for "late effects" of accidents and other external causes are to be found at E929, E959, E969, E977, E989, and E999.
WATER TRANSPORT ACCIDENTS (E830-E838)
Note:
For definitions of water transport accident and related terms see definitions (a), (s), and (t).
Includes:
watercraft accidents in the course of recreational activities
Excludes:
accidents involving both aircraft, including objects set in motion by aircraft, and watercraft (E840.0-E845.9)
The following fourth-digit subdivisions are for use with categories E830-E838 to identify the injured person:
0 Occupant of small boat, unpowered
1 Occupant of small boat, powered
See definition (t)
Excludes:
water skier (4)
2 Occupant of other watercraft - crew
Persons:
engaged in operation of watercraft
providing passenger services [cabin attendants, ship's physician, catering personnel]
working on ship during voyage in other capacity [musician in band, operators of shops and beauty parlors]
3 Occupant of other watercraft -- other than crew
Passenger
Occupant of lifeboat, other than crew, after abandoning ship
4 Water skier
5 Swimmer
6 Dockers, stevedores
Longshoreman employed on the dock in loading and unloading ships
7 Occupant of military watercraft, any type
8 Other specified person
Immigration and custom officials on board ship
Person:
accompanying passenger or member of crew
visiting boat
Pilot (guiding ship into port)
9 Unspecified person
E830: Accident to watercraft causing submersion
Requires fourth digit. see beginning of section E800-E845 for codes and definitions.
Includes:
submersion and drowning due to:
boat overturning
boat submerging
falling or jumping from burning ship
falling or jumping from crushed watercraft
ship sinking
other accident to watercraft
E831: Accident to watercraft causing other injury
Requires fourth digit. see beginning of section E800-E845 for codes and definitions.
Includes:
any injury, except submersion and drowning, as a result of an accident to watercraft
burned while ship on fire
crushed between ships in collision
crushed by lifeboat after abandoning ship
fall due to collision or other accident to watercraft
hit by falling object due to accident to watercraft
injured in watercraft accident involving collision
struck by boat or part thereof after fall or jump from damaged boat
Excludes:
burns from localized fire or explosion on board ship (E837.0-E837.9)
E832: Other accidental submersion or drowning in water transport accident
Requires fourth digit. see beginning of section E800-E845 for codes and definitions.
Includes:
submersion or drowning as a result of an accident other than accident to the watercraft, such as:
fall:
from gangplank
from ship
overboard
thrown overboard by motion of ship
washed overboard
Excludes:
submersion or drowning of swimmer or diver who voluntarily jumps from boat not involved in an accident (E910.0-E910.9)
E833: Fall on stairs or ladders in water transport
Requires fourth digit. see beginning of section E800-E845 for codes and definitions.
Excludes:
fall due to accident to watercraft (E831.0-E831.9)
E834: Other fall from one level to another in water transport
Requires fourth digit. see beginning of section E800-E845 for codes and definitions.
Excludes:
fall due to accident to watercraft (E831.0-E831.9)
E835: Other and unspecified fall in water transport
Requires fourth digit. see beginning of section E800-E845 for codes and definitions.
Excludes:
fall due to accident to watercraft (E831.0-E831.9)
E836: Machinery accident in water transport
Requires fourth digit. see beginning of section E800-E845 for codes and definitions.
Includes:
injuries in water transport caused by:
deck machinery
engine room machinery
galley machinery
laundry machinery
loading machinery
E837: Explosion, fire, or burning in watercraft
Requires fourth digit. see beginning of section E800-E845 for codes and definitions.
Includes:
explosion of boiler on steamship
localized fire on ship
Excludes:
burning ship (due to collision or explosion) resulting in:
submersion or drowning (E830.0-E830.9)
other injury (E831.0-E831.9)
E838: Other and unspecified water transport accident
Requires fourth digit. see beginning of section E800-E845 for codes and definitions.
Includes:
accidental poisoning by gases or fumes on ship
atomic power plant malfunction in watercraft
crushed between ship and stationary object [wharf]
crushed between ships without accident to watercraft
crushed by falling object on ship or while loading or unloading
hit by boat while water skiing
struck by boat or part thereof (after fall from boat)
watercraft accident NOS

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