19 Weird Injuries For Which There Are Now Diagnostic Codes

Starting October 1, medical professionals in the United States must use more than 65,000 diagnostic codes to properly bill patients’ insurers. The codes cover just about every possible cause of injury or illness – including some truly bizarre ones...

Y35.6: Legal intervention involving other unspecified means: Manhandling.

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All-male strip shows can be hazardous to your health.

W17.0: Fall into well.

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What's that, Lassie?

W18.1: Falling off toilet.

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There are different codes depending on whether or not you hit something on the way down.

T35.6: Unspecified frostbite involving multiple body regions.

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For some reason, there's no diagnostic code for "injuries resulting from painfully bad puns."

T66: Unspecified effects of radiation; T63.3: Venom of spider.

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Prognosis: Spandex.

W58.13: Crushed by a crocodile.

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I don't even know how this would happen. Crocnado?

V97.33XA: Sucked into a jet engine, initial encounter.

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Yippee-ki-yay!

T71.111D: Asphyxiation due to smothering under pillow, accidental, subsequent encounter.

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Apparently this has happened to some patients more than once.

W55.22: Gored by bull.

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They see this one a lot in Pamplona.

W54.1: Knocked over by dog.

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Commonly seen in babies and toddlers, who are gravity-impaired to begin with.

Y93.56: Injury sustained while jumping rope.

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You may be at high risk for this injury if your friends are jerks.

V90.27: Drowning and submersion due to falling off burning water-skis.

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Bizarrely, there's no code for "injuries sustained while jumping a shark."

W17.81XA: Fall down embankment (hill), initial encounter.

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Before pushing someone down a hill, remove their mask to make sure they aren't your true love.

W17.81XD: Fall down embankment (hill), subsequent encounter.

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If it turns out that they ARE your true love, well...

F65.52: Injuries sustained through sexual sadism.

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Sorry, this was the only SFW GIF I could find. Fifty Shades fans, you're on your own!

V90.23: Drowning and submersion due to falling and jumping from burning hovercraft (on open water).

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The Internet is surprisingly short on "burning hovercraft on open water" GIFs. Let's fix that.

V91.13: Crushed between other powered watercraft and other watercraft or other object due to collision.

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Do not attempt unless you are Indiana Jones.

W61.49: Other contact with turkey.

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It's all fun and games until the loser gets eaten.