Dock or shipyard as place

This code indicates that an injury or adverse event occurred within the physical confines of a dock or shipyard. This includes areas where ships are loaded, unloaded, built, repaired, or moored, and encompasses the immediate surrounding structures and land-based operations.

Apply this code when documentation clearly specifies the patient's injury or condition resulted from an external cause that took place on a dock, pier, wharf, or within a shipyard facility. This is often relevant for occupational injuries sustained by maritime workers, longshoremen, or individuals involved in ship construction or maintenance.

• Always use this code as a secondary code to provide context for an external cause code (V00-Y38).
• Ensure the medical record explicitly states the incident occurred at a dock or shipyard; avoid assumptions.
• Distinguish from incidents occurring on a vessel at sea or in a harbor, which would use different place of occurrence codes.