Chapter XIX - Injury and external causes
External cause and place of occurrence
An injury or poisoning code is incomplete without the circumstance that produced it.
What this means in practice
- External cause codes (V01-Y98) are mandatory additional codes for injuries, poisonings and adverse effects.
- Place of occurrence (U98.-) is captured according to jurisdictional direction.
- Complications of internal devices are clustered with the external cause code identifying the procedure that placed them.
Where the explorer applies it
traumaiatrogenic
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Canadian Institute for Health Information. Canadian Coding Standards for Version 2022 ICD-10-CA and CCI. Ottawa, ON: CIHI; 2022. CIHI codes and classifications
Canadian Institute for Health Information. Canadian Coding Standards for Version 2022 ICD-10-CA and CCI. Ottawa, ON: CIHI; 2022. CIHI codes and classifications