Excludes1

  • exposure to:
  • failure in dosage of radiation or temperature during surgical and medical care (Y63.2-Y63.5)
  • lightning (T75.0-)
  • natural cold (X31)
  • natural heat (X30)
  • natural radiation NOS (X39)
  • radiological procedure and radiotherapy (Y84.2)
  • sunlight (X32)
  1. W90 Exposure to other nonionizing radiation

    1. W90.0 Exposure to radiofrequency

    2. W90.1 Exposure to infrared radiation

    3. W90.2 Exposure to laser radiation

    4. W90.8 Exposure to other nonionizing radiation

Abbreviations used here:

NEC Not elsewhere classifiable
This abbreviation in the Tabular List represents “other specified”. When a specific code is not available for a condition, the Tabular List includes an NEC entry under a code to identify the code as the “other specified” code.

NOS Not otherwise specified
This abbreviation is the equivalent of unspecified.