Kitchen in prison as place

This code identifies an injury or adverse event that occurred within a kitchen area specifically located inside a correctional facility or prison. It signifies the physical environment where an external cause of morbidity, such as an accident or assault, took place.

Use this code when documenting an injury sustained by an inmate, staff member, or visitor within the kitchen facilities of a prison. This includes incidents like burns from cooking equipment, cuts from knives, slips and falls on wet floors, or other traumas occurring in this specific prison environment.

• Always assign an external cause code (V00-Y99) in conjunction with an injury code (S00-T88).
• Ensure the documentation clearly specifies the incident occurred in a "kitchen" and within a "prison" or "correctional facility."
• Do not use for kitchens in other institutional settings, such as hospitals or schools; specific codes exist for those locations.