TIL that in The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) they also defined code for lack of food, lack of water, and destitution

callmepk@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

TIL that in The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) they also defined code for lack of food, lack of water, and destitution

NOT_RICK@lemmy.world · edit-2 8 months ago

I work in the medical field (not clinical though). I’m not kidding when I say there is an ICD10 code for EVERYTHING.

Some of my favorites:

W56.22XA: Struck by Orca, initial encounter

Y92.146: Swimming pool of prison as the place of occurrence of the external cause

V97.33XD: Sucked into jet engine, subsequent encounter

This last one is by far my favorite. Not sure how you get past your initial encounter at the morgue for a subsequent visit. Maybe when they find some extra bits lying around?

TIL that in The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) they also defined code for lack of food, lack of water, and destitution

TIL that in The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) they also defined code for lack of food, lack of water, and destitution

ICD-10 Version:2019