Garage of non-institutional residence as place

This code identifies the specific location of an injury or adverse event as occurring within the garage of a private dwelling, such as a house, apartment, or condominium. It signifies that the incident took place in an area typically used for parking vehicles or storage, but still part of a non-institutional residential property.

This code is appropriate for documenting injuries sustained in a home garage, such as falls, cuts from tools, carbon monoxide poisoning from a running vehicle, or other accidents. It helps to precisely pinpoint the environmental context of the external cause of injury when the patient's residence is the general location.

• Always use this code as a secondary code, following the primary code for the external cause of injury (e.g., W01.XXX for fall).
• Ensure the documentation explicitly states the garage as the location, distinguishing it from other parts of the residence (e.g., kitchen, bedroom).
• Do not use for commercial garages or garages associated with institutional settings (e.g., hospital parking garages).