Trade school as place

This code identifies a trade school as the specific location where an external cause of injury or other adverse event occurred. It indicates that the patient's injury or condition resulted from an incident that took place within the physical confines of a vocational or technical training institution.

Use this code when documenting injuries sustained by students, faculty, or visitors while on the premises of a trade school, vocational college, or technical institute. This includes incidents occurring in workshops, classrooms, labs, or common areas within such facilities.

• Always assign this code as a secondary diagnosis, following the primary code for the external cause of injury (e.g., fall, machinery accident).
• Ensure the medical record clearly documents the incident's location as a trade school to support code assignment.
• Do not use this code for incidents occurring at traditional colleges or universities; refer to the appropriate "college/university" place of occurrence codes.