Block in Chapter 20
W85–W99
Exposure to electric current, radiation and extreme ambient air temperature and pressure
Excludes1
Not coded here. The listed conditions generally should not be reported together.
Notes
Also from chapter/block level (1 note)
Inherited from Chapter 20 External causes of morbidity
- This chapter permits the classification of environmental events and circumstances as the cause of injury, and other adverse effects. Where a code from this section is applicable, it is intended that it shall be used secondary to a code from another chapter of the Classification indicating the nature of the condition. Most often, the condition will be classifiable to Chapter 19, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88). Other conditions that may be stated to be due to external causes are classified in Chapters I to XVIII. For these conditions, codes from Chapter 20 should be used to provide additional information as to the cause of the condition.
Categories in this block 9
- W85Exposure to electric transmission lines
- W86Exposure to other specified electric current
- W88Exposure to ionizing radiation
- W89Exposure to man-made visible and ultraviolet light
- W90Exposure to other nonionizing radiation
- W92Exposure to excessive heat of man-made origin
- W93Exposure to excessive cold of man-made origin
- W94Exposure to high and low air pressure and changes in air pressure
- W99Exposure to other man-made environmental factors