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blast injury

Medical Definition

The result of physical trauma sustained in an explosion.

Wikipedia Summary

A blast injury is a complex type of physical trauma resulting from direct or indirect exposure to an explosion. Blast injuries occur with the detonation of high-order explosives as well as the deflagration of low order explosives...

Related Codes (43)

Code	Description	Billable	Details
S06.8A0	Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified without loss of consciousness
S06.8A0A	Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified without loss of consciousness, initial encounter
S06.8A1	Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less
S06.8A1A	Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 30 minutes or less, initial encounter
S06.8A2A	Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes, initial encounter
S06.8A2D	Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 31 minutes to 59 minutes, subsequent encounter
S06.8A3S	Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 1 hour to 5 hours 59 minutes, sequela
S06.8A4A	Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of 6 hours to 24 hours, initial encounter
S06.8A9	Primary blast injury of brain, not elsewhere classified with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration
S09.311	Primary blast injury of right ear

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