Railroad track as place

This code indicates that a railroad track was the specific location where an injury or other adverse event occurred. It signifies that the patient's external cause of morbidity originated on or immediately adjacent to the railway infrastructure itself. This includes the tracks, ties, and immediate right-of-way.

Use this code when documentation clearly states the incident took place on a railroad track. This applies to injuries sustained by pedestrians, individuals in vehicles struck by trains, or those involved in incidents directly on the tracks. It is typically used as a secondary code to provide specificity for the external cause of injury.

• Always assign this code in conjunction with an external cause of injury code (V00-Y38).
• Ensure documentation explicitly mentions "railroad track" or similar phrasing; "train station" or "rail yard" may require a different Y92 code.
• Do not use if the incident occurred within a train car or at a station platform, as those have more specific place of occurrence codes.