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                Workers Compensation Insurance Organizations 
                                                                                           
                               Injury Description Code 
                               Nature of Injury 
 
Code                             Narrative Description 
I. Specific Injury              
01. No Physical Injury         i.e., Glasses, Contact Lenses, Artificial Appliance, 
                               Replacement of Artificial Appliance 
02. Amputation                 Cut Off Extremity, Digit, Protruding Part of Body, Usually 
                               by Surgery, i.e. Leg, Arm 
03. Angina Pectoris            Chest Pain 
04. Burn                       (Heat) Burns or Scald.  The Effect of Contact with Hot 
                               Substances. 
                               (Chemical) Burns. Tissue Damage Resulting from the 
                               Corrosive Action Chemicals, Fume, Etc. (Acids, Alkalies) 
07. Concussion                 Brain, Cerebral 
10. Contusion                  Bruise - Intact Skin Surface. Hematoma 
13. Crushing                   To Grind, Pound or Break into Small Bits 
16. Dislocation                Pinched Nerve, Slipped/Ruptured Disc, Herniated Disc, 
                               Sciatica, Complete Tear, HNP Subluxtion, MD Dislocation 
19. Electric Shock             Electrocution 
22. Enucleation                Removal of Organ or Tumor 
25. Foreign Body                
28. Fracture                   Breaking of a Bone or Cartilage 
30. Freezing                   Frostbite and Other Effects of Exposure to Low 
                               Temperature 
31. Hearing Loss or Impairment Traumatic Only.  A separate Injury, Not the Sequelae of 
                               Another Injury 
32. Heat Prostration           Heat Stroke, Sun Stroke, Heat Exhaustion, Heat Cramps 
                               and Other Effects of Environmental Heat.  Does not 
                               Include Sunburn 
34. Hernia                     The Abnormal Protrusion of an Organ or Part Through the 
                               Containing Wall of its Cavity

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Workers Compensation Insurance Organizations

Injury Description Code
Nature of Injury

Code Narrative Description
36. Infection The Invasion of a Host by Organisms such as Bacteria,
Fungi, Viruses, Mold, Protozoa or Insects, With or Without
Manifest Disease.
37. Inflammation The Reaction of Tissue to Injury Characterized Clinically
by Heat, Swelling, Redness and Pain
40. Laceration Cut, Scratches, Abrasions, Superficial Wounds, Calluses.
Wound by Tearing
41. Myocardial Infarction Heart Attack, Heart Conditions, Hypertension. The
Inadequate Blood Flow to the Muscular Tissue of the
Heart.
42. Poisoning - General (Not OD or A Systemic Morbid Condition Resulting from the
Cumulative Injury) Inhalation, Ingestion, or Skin Absorption of a Toxic
Substance Affecting the Metabolic System, the Nervous
System, the Circulatory System, the Digestive System, the
Respiratory System, the Excretory System, the
Musculoskeletal System, Etc. Includes Chemical or Drug
Poisoning, Metal Poisoning, Organic Diseases, and
Venomous Reptile and Insect Bites. Does NOT Include
Effects of Radiation, Pneumoconiosis, Corrosive Effects of
Chemicals; Skin Surface Irritations, Septicemia or Infected
Wounds.
43. Puncture A Hole Made by the Piercing of a Pointed Instrument
46. Rupture
47. Severance To Separate, Divide or Take Off
49. Sprain or Tear Internal Derangement, A Trauma or Wrenching of a Joint,
Producing Pain and Disability Depending Upon Degree of
Injury to Ligaments.
52. Strain or Tear Internal Derangement, The Trauma to the Muscle or the
Musculotendinous Unit from Violent Contraction or
Excessive Forcible Stretch.
53. Syncope Swooning, Fainting, Passing Out, No Other Injury
54. Asphyxiation Strangulation, Drowning
55. Vascular Cerebrovascular and Other Conditions of Circulatory
Systems, NOC. Excludes, Heart and Hemorrhoids.
Includes, Strokes, Varicose Veins - Non Toxic
58. Vision Loss
59. All Other Specific Injuries, NOC

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Workers Compensation Insurance Organizations

Injury Description Codes
Nature of Injury

Code Narrative Description
II. Occupational Disease or Cumulative
Injury
60. Dust Disease, NOC All Other Pneumoconiosis
61. Asbestosis Lung Disease, A Form Of Pneumoconiosis, Resulting from
Protracted Inhalation of Asbestos Particles.
62. Black Lung The Chronic Lung Disease or Pneumoconiosis Found in
Coal Miners
63. Byssinosis Pneumoconiosis of Cotton, Flax and Hemp Workers.
64. Silicosis Pneumoconiosis Resulting from Inhalation of Silica
(Quartz) Dust.
65. Respiratory Disorders Gases, Fumes, Chemicals, Etc.
66. Poisoning - Chemical, (Other Than Man Made or Organic
Metals)
67. Poisoning - Metal Man Made
68. Dermatitis Rash, Skin or Tissue Inflammation including Boils, Etc.
Generally Resulting from Direct Contact with Irritants or
Sensitizing Chemicals such as Drugs, Oils, Biologic
Agents, Plants, Woods or Metals Which May be in the
Form of Solids, Pastes, Liquids or Vapors and which may
be Contacted in the Pure State or in Compounds or in
Combination with Other Materials. Do NOT Include Skin
Tissue Damage Resulting from Corrosive Action of
Chemicals, Burns from Contact with Hot Substances,
Effects of Exposure to Radiation, Effects of Exposure to
Low Temperatures or Inflammation or Irritation Resulting
from Friction or Impact.

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Workers Compensation Insurance Organizations

Injury Description Codes
Nature of Injury

Code Narrative Description
69. Mental Disorder A Clinically Significant Behavioral or Psychological
Syndrome or Pattern Typically Associated with either a
Distressing Symptom or Impairment of Function. i.e. Acute
Anxiety, Neurosis, Stress, Non-Toxic Depression
70. Radiation All Forms of Damage to Tissue, Bones or Body Fluids
Produced by Exposure to Radiation
71. All Other Occupational Disease Injury,
NOC
72. Loss of Hearing
73. Contagious Disease
74. Cancer
75. AIDS
76. VDT - Related Diseases Video Display Terminal Diseases Other than Carpal
Tunnel Syndrome
77. Mental Stress
78. Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Soreness, Tenderness and Weakness of the Muscles of
the Thumb Caused by Pressure on the Median Nerve at
the Point at which it Goes Through the Carpal Tunnel of
the Wrist
79. Hepatitis C
80. All Other Cumulative Injury, NOC

III. Multiple Injuries
90. Multiple Physical Injuries Only
91. Multiple Injuries Including Both Physical
and Psychological

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