ICD-9 Code E845.8
Accident involving spacecraft injuring ground crew, airline employee
Not Valid for Submission
E845.8 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of accident involving spacecraft injuring ground crew, airline employee. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.
| ICD-9: | E845.8 |
| Short Description: | Spacecraft acc-grnd crew |
| Long Description: | Accident involving spacecraft injuring ground crew, airline employee |
Convert E845.8 to ICD-10
The following crosswalk between ICD-9 to ICD-10 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:
- V97.39XA - Oth injury to person on ground due to air trnsp acc, init
Code Classification
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External causes of injury (V)
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Air and space transport accidents (E840-E845)
- E845 Accident involving spacecraft
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Air and space transport accidents (E840-E845)
Information for Medical Professionals
ICD-9 Footnotes
General Equivalence Map Definitions
The ICD-9 and ICD-10 GEMs are used to facilitate linking between the diagnosis codes in ICD-9-CM and the new ICD-10-CM code set. The GEMs are the raw material from which providers, health information vendors and payers can derive specific applied mappings to meet their needs.
- Approximate Flag - The approximate flag is on, indicating that the relationship between the code in the source system and the code in the target system is an approximate equivalent.
- No Map Flag - The no map flag indicates that a code in the source system is not linked to any code in the target system.
- Combination Flag - The combination flag indicates that more than one code in the target system is required to satisfy the full equivalent meaning of a code in the source system.