*Or at least get hurt. In honor of today’s successful launch of Endeavor, some ICD-9 external cause of injury (‘E’) codes for an assortment of spacecraft related bad days.
E840.0 Take off/landing – Spacecraft
E841.0 Powered Aircraft Accident – Spacecraft
E843.0 Fall in or from – Spacecraft
E844.0 Aircraft accident NEC – Spacecraft
E845.0 Spacecraft accident – Occupant
E845.8 Spacecraft accident – Ground Crew
E845.9 Spacecraft accident – Other person
E928.0 Prolonged stay in weightless environment
Note there’s not a code for E842.0 which would be an unpowered spacecraft accident (some sort of space dirigible situation).
E844.0 is a bit of a catch-all, including:
hit by aircraft without accident to aircraft
hit by object falling from aircraft without accident to aircraft
injury by or from machinery on aircraft without accident to aircraft
injury by or from rotating propeller without accident to aircraft
injury by or from voluntary parachute descent without accident to aircraft
poisoning by carbon monoxide from aircraft while in transit without accident to aircraft
sucked into jet without accident to aircraft
any accident involving other transport vehicle (motor) (nonmotor) due to being hit by object set in motion by aircraft (powered)
Stay safe guys!
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