Airplane as the place of occurrence of the external cause

This code indicates that an injury or other external cause event occurred within the confines of an airplane. This includes commercial, private, and military aircraft, whether in flight, taxiing, or parked on the ground. It specifies the location where the incident took place, not the nature of the incident itself.

Assign this code when documenting the place of occurrence for any external cause of morbidity that happened on an airplane. This would include incidents like falls during turbulence, injuries sustained during boarding or deplaning, or adverse reactions to food or medication consumed while aboard the aircraft. It is used as a secondary code to provide context for the primary injury or condition.

• Always use this code in conjunction with an external cause code (V00-Y99) and a primary diagnosis code.
• Do not use this code for incidents occurring at an airport terminal or on the tarmac outside of the aircraft itself.
• Consider additional place of occurrence codes if the event spanned multiple locations, such as an injury sustained on the airplane that worsened after landing at a hospital.