Non-specific code 2014 ICD-9-CM Diagnosis Code E840
Accident to powered aircraft at takeoff or landing
  • 2014
  • Non-Billable Code

  • There are 10 ICD-9-CM codes below E840 that define this diagnosis in greater detail. Do not use this code on a reimbursement claim.
  • You are viewing the 2014 version of ICD-9-CM E840.
  • More recent version(s) of ICD-9-CM E840: 2015.
E840 Includes
  • collision of aircraft with any object, fixed, movable, or moving while taking off or landing
  • crash while taking off or landing
  • explosion on aircraft while taking off or landing
  • fire on aircraft while taking off or landing
  • forced landing
  • aircraft accident NOS
  • aircraft crash or wreck NOS
  • any accident to powered aircraft while in transit or when not specified whether in transit, taking off, or landing
  • collision of aircraft with another aircraft, bird, or any object, while in transit
  • explosion on aircraft while in transit
  • fire on aircraft while in transit
  • any accident, except collision with powered aircraft, to:
    • balloon
    • glider
    • hang glider
    • kite carrying a person
    • hit by object falling from unpowered aircraft
  • accident in boarding or alighting from aircraft, any kind
  • fall in, on, or from aircraft [any kind], while in transit, taking off, or landing, except when as a result of an accident to aircraft
  • hit by aircraft without accident to aircraft
  • hit by object falling from aircraft without accident to aircraft
  • injury by or from machinery on aircraft without accident to aircraft
  • injury by or from rotating propeller without accident to aircraft
  • injury by or from voluntary parachute descent without accident to aircraft
  • poisoning by carbon monoxide from aircraft while in transit without accident to aircraft
  • sucked into jet without accident to aircraft
  • any accident involving other transport vehicle (motor) (nonmotor) due to being hit by object set in motion by aircraft (powered)
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