Diagnosis Code: 993.3

Short Description: Caisson disease

Long Description: Caisson disease

Code Classification:

• Injury and poisoning (800–999)
  • Other and unspecified effects of external causes (990-995)
    • 993 Effects of air pressure
      • 993.3 Caisson disease

Code Version: 2015 ICD-9-CM

References to Index of Diseases and Injuries

The code 993.3 has the following ICD-9-CM references to the Index of Diseases and Injuries

• Aerobullosis 993.3

• Aeroembolism 993.3

• Air
  • compressed, disease 993.3

• Arthralgia (see also Pain, joint) 719.4
  • in caisson disease 993.3

• Arthritis, arthritic (acute) (chronic) (subacute) 716.9
  • due to or associated with
    • caisson disease 993.3
  • in caisson disease 993.3 [713.8]

• Bends 993.3

• Caisson disease 993.3

• Chokes (resulting from bends) 993.3

• Compressed air disease 993.3

• Compression
  • divers' squeeze 993.3

• Decompression sickness 993.3

• Disease, diseased - see also Syndrome
  • caisson 993.3
  • compressed air 993.3

• Divers'
  • palsy or paralysis 993.3
  • squeeze 993.3

• Dysbarism 993.3

• Effect, adverse NEC
  • atmospheric pressure 993.9
    • high 993.3

• Palsy (see also Paralysis) 344.9
  • divers' 993.3

• Paralysis, paralytic (complete) (incomplete) 344.9
  • compressed air 993.3
  • divers' 993.3

• Sickness
  • compressed air 993.3
  • decompression 993.3

• Squeeze, divers' 993.3

Crosswalk Information

The code 993.3 converts into the following ICD-10 code(s):

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