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
Pedestrian injured in transport accident
Pedal cycle rider injured in transport accident
Motorcycle rider injured in transport accident
Occupant of three-wheeled motor vehicle injured in transport accident
Car occupant injured in transport accident
Occupant of pick-up truck or van injured in transport accident
Occupant of heavy transport vehicle injured in transport accident
Bus occupant injured in transport accident
Other land transport accidents
Water transport accidents
Air and space transport accidents
Other and unspecified transport accidents
Slipping, tripping, stumbling and falls
Exposure to inanimate mechanical forces
Exposure to animate mechanical forces
Accidental non-transport drowning and submersion
Exposure to electric current, radiation and extreme ambient air temperature and pressure
Exposure to smoke, fire and flames
Contact with heat and hot substances
Exposure to forces of nature
Overexertion and strenuous or repetitive movements
Accidental exposure to other specified factors
Intentional self-harm
Assault
Event of undetermined intent
Legal intervention, operations of war, military operations, and terrorism
Misadventures to patients during surgical and medical care
Medical devices associated with adverse incidents in diagnostic and therapeutic use
Surgical and other medical procedures as the cause of abnormal reaction of the patient, or of later complication, without mention of misadventure at the time of the procedure
Supplementary factors related to causes of morbidity classified elsewhere