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Needlestick injuries are among the top three injuries that occur among material-recovery facility workers who sort through trash to remove recyclable items from the community-collected garbage. [41] Housekeeping and janitorial workers in public sites, including hotels, airports, indoor and outdoor recreational venues, theaters, retails stores ...
This category reflects the organization of International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, 10th Revision. Generally, diseases outlined within the ICD-10 codes S00-T14 within Chapter XIX: Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes should be included in this category.
E831.4 Accident to watercraft causing other injury to water skier; E831.5 Accident to watercraft causing other injury to swimmer; E831.6 Accident to watercraft causing other injury to dockers, stevedores; E831.7 Accident to watercraft causing other injury, occupant of military watercraft, any type; E831.8 Accident to watercraft causing other ...
954 Injury to other nerve(s) of trunk, excluding shoulder and pelvic girdles; 955 Injury to nerve(s) of shoulder girdle and upper limb. 955.0 Injury to axillary nerve; 955.1 Injury to median nerve; 955.2 Injury to ulnar nerve; 955.3 Injury to radial nerve; 955.4 Injury to musculocutaneous nerve; 955.5 Injury to cutaneous sensory nerve upper limb
Vehicle accident injury depression. Slips, trips and falls account for over a third of all injuries that happen at work. Incorrect handling of items was the most common cause of injuries that led to absences from work of more than 7 days. [39] In 2010–2011, injuries to the upper limb injuries made up 47% of non-fatal injuries at work in the ...
The ICD-10 Clinical Modification (ICD-10-CM) is a set of diagnosis codes used in the United States of America. [1] It was developed by a component of the U.S. Department of Health and Human services, [ 2 ] as an adaption of the ICD-10 with authorization from the World Health Organization .
Use needles with safety devices to help prevent needlestick injury and exposure to blood-borne pathogens. [26] It is also recommended healthcare workers who come often in contact with contaminated material should get vaccinated against hepatitis B. [ 8 ] A hierarchy of controls can help to prevent environmental and occupational exposures and ...
OSICS has been found to be more applicable to sports injury coding than the ICD. [27] Most classification of disease has a focus on conditions that present to hospital and/or cause major morbidity or death, whereas in sports medicine there is a focus on conditions (injury and illnesses) that stop an athlete from being able to compete.