Orchard as the place of occurrence of the external cause

This code indicates that an injury or other adverse event occurred within an orchard environment. It specifies the location where the external cause of a patient's condition took place, rather than describing the injury itself. This helps to provide context regarding the circumstances surrounding the incident.

Use this code when documentation clearly states that the patient's injury, poisoning, or other external cause event happened on orchard property. This could include incidents like falls from trees while picking fruit, machinery accidents during orchard maintenance, or exposure to pesticides in an orchard setting. It is always a secondary code, providing additional detail to the primary injury or condition code.

• Always assign this code as a secondary code following the primary code for the injury or condition.
• Ensure documentation explicitly mentions an "orchard" as the location of the incident.
• Do not use this code for incidents occurring in general agricultural fields or farms unless specifically identified as an orchard.