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
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