ICD-9 Code E993.7
Injury due to war operations by unintentional discharge of own munitions launch device
Not Valid for Submission
E993.7 is a legacy non-billable code used to specify a medical diagnosis of injury due to war operations by unintentional discharge of own munitions launch device. This code was replaced on September 30, 2015 by its ICD-10 equivalent.
ICD-9: | E993.7 |
Short Description: | War inj:acc disch launch |
Long Description: | Injury due to war operations by unintentional discharge of own munitions launch device |
Convert E993.7 to ICD-10
The following crosswalk between ICD-9 to ICD-10 is based based on the General Equivalence Mappings (GEMS) information:
- Y36.240A - War op w explosn due to acc disch of own munit, milt, init
Code Classification
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External causes of injury (V)
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Injury resulting from operations of war (E990-E999)
- E993 Injury due to war operations by other explosion
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Injury resulting from operations of war (E990-E999)
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.