Activities involving caregiving

This chapter permits the classification of environmental events and circumstances as the cause of injury, and other adverse effects. Where a code from this section is applicable, it is intended that it shall be used secondary to a code from another chapter of the Classification indicating the nature of the condition. Most often, the condition will be classifiable to Chapter 19, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88). Other conditions that may be stated to be due to external causes are classified in Chapters I to XVIII. For these conditions, codes from Chapter 20 should be used to provide additional information as to the cause of the condition.

These categories may be used to provide supplementary information concerning causes of morbidity. They are not to be used for single-condition coding.

• Category Y93 is provided for use to indicate the activity of the person seeking healthcare for an injury or health condition, such as a heart attack while shoveling snow, which resulted from, or was contributed to, by the activity. These codes are appropriate for use for both acute injuries, such as those from chapter 19, and conditions that are due to the long-term, cumulative effects of an activity, such as those from chapter 13. They are also appropriate for use with external cause codes for cause and intent if identifying the activity provides additional information on the event. These codes should be used in conjunction with codes for external cause status (Y99) and place of occurrence (Y92).
• This section contains the following broad activity categories:
• Y93.0 Activities involving walking and running
• Y93.1 Activities involving water and water craft
• Y93.2 Activities involving ice and snow
• Y93.3 Activities involving climbing, rappelling, and jumping off
• Y93.4 Activities involving dancing and other rhythmic movement
• Y93.5 Activities involving other sports and athletics played individually
• Y93.6 Activities involving other sports and athletics played as a team or group
• Y93.7 Activities involving other specified sports and athletics
• Y93.A Activities involving other cardiorespiratory exercise
• Y93.B Activities involving other muscle strengthening exercises
• Y93.C Activities involving computer technology and electronic devices
• Y93.D Activities involving arts and handcrafts
• Y93.E Activities involving personal hygiene and interior property and clothing maintenance
• Y93.F Activities involving caregiving
• Y93.G Activities involving food preparation, cooking and grilling
• Y93.H Activities involving exterior property and land maintenance, building and construction
• Y93.I Activities involving roller coasters and other types of external motion
• Y93.J Activities involving playing musical instrument
• Y93.K Activities involving animal care
• Y93.L Other outdoor activity
• Y93.8 Activities, other specified
• Y93.9 Activity, unspecified