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XExtension Codes
Dimensions of external causes
Additional aspects of mechanism
XE6JMExposure to thermal mechanism

XE515 category

Exposure to steam, hot vapour, air or gases

Also indexed as

Exposure to steam, hot vapour, air or gases

Nearby in Exposure to thermal mechanism

XE0S0Exposure to uncontrolled fire
XE5WPExposure to controlled fire
XE9T8Exposure to ignition, or melting of material
XE494Exposure to hot object or liquid
XE00ZExposure to excessive heat
XE4AYExposure to excessive cold

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01Certain infectious or parasitic diseases
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XExtension Codes
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XE72EExposure to injurious transport event
XE3Y8Exposure to fall
XE4U1Exposure to person, animal or plant
XE214Exposure to object, not elsewhere classified
XE64QExposure to immersion, submersion or falling into water
XE8NXExposure to threat to breathing
XE6JMExposure to thermal mechanism
XE3SHExposure to or harmful effects of substances
Exposure to other mechanism
XE0S0Exposure to uncontrolled fire
XE5WPExposure to controlled fire
XE9T8Exposure to ignition, or melting of material
XE494Exposure to hot object or liquid
XE515Exposure to steam, hot vapour, air or gases
XE00ZExposure to excessive heat
XE4AYExposure to excessive cold

International Classification of Diseases, Eleventh Revision (ICD-11), World Health Organization (WHO) 2019/2021, https://icd.who.int/browse11. Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 3.0 IGO (CC BY-ND 3.0 IGO).

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