ICD-10 category · Chapter XX · W75-W84

W78 Inhalation of gastric contents

81 codes under W78 in the South African Master Industry Table 2021, 70 valid for clinical use.

Valid: the code is at its most specific level and may go on an account. Heading only: code to a more specific entry beneath it. PMB and CDL: a Prescribed Minimum Benefit or Chronic Disease List condition per the Council for Medical Schemes. † dagger and * asterisk codes are used as a pair. How to read the table
CodeDescriptionUseBenefits
W78Inhalation of gastric contentsHeading only—
W78.0Inhalation of gastric contents, homeHeading only—
W78.00Inhalation of gastric contents, home, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W78.01Inhalation of gastric contents, home, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W78.02Inhalation of gastric contents, home, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W78.03Inhalation of gastric contents, home, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W78.04Inhalation of gastric contents, home, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W78.08Inhalation of gastric contents, home, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W78.09Inhalation of gastric contents, home, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W78.1Inhalation of gastric contents, residential institutionHeading only—
W78.10Inhalation of gastric contents, residential institution, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W78.11Inhalation of gastric contents, residential institution, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W78.12Inhalation of gastric contents, residential institution, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W78.13Inhalation of gastric contents, residential institution, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W78.14Inhalation of gastric contents, residential institution, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W78.18Inhalation of gastric contents, residential institution, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W78.19Inhalation of gastric contents, residential institution, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W78.2Inhalation of gastric contents, school, other institution and public administrative areaHeading only—
W78.20Inhalation of gastric contents, school, other institution and public administrative area, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W78.21Inhalation of gastric contents, school, other institution and public administrative area, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W78.22Inhalation of gastric contents, school, other institution and public administrative area, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W78.23Inhalation of gastric contents, school, other institution and public administrative area, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W78.24Inhalation of gastric contents, school, other institution and public administrative area, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W78.28Inhalation of gastric contents, school, other institution and public administrative area, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W78.29Inhalation of gastric contents, school, other institution and public administrative area, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W78.3Inhalation of gastric contents, sports and athletics areaHeading only—
W78.30Inhalation of gastric contents, sports and athletics area, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W78.31Inhalation of gastric contents, sports and athletics area, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W78.32Inhalation of gastric contents, sports and athletics area, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W78.33Inhalation of gastric contents, sports and athletics area, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W78.34Inhalation of gastric contents, sports and athletics area, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W78.38Inhalation of gastric contents, sports and athletics area, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W78.39Inhalation of gastric contents, sports and athletics area, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W78.4Inhalation of gastric contents, street and highwayHeading only—
W78.40Inhalation of gastric contents, street and highway, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W78.41Inhalation of gastric contents, street and highway, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W78.42Inhalation of gastric contents, street and highway, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W78.43Inhalation of gastric contents, street and highway, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W78.44Inhalation of gastric contents, street and highway, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W78.48Inhalation of gastric contents, street and highway, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W78.49Inhalation of gastric contents, street and highway, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W78.5Inhalation of gastric contents, trade and service areaHeading only—
W78.50Inhalation of gastric contents, trade and service area, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W78.51Inhalation of gastric contents, trade and service area, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W78.52Inhalation of gastric contents, trade and service area, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W78.53Inhalation of gastric contents, trade and service area, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W78.54Inhalation of gastric contents, trade and service area, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W78.58Inhalation of gastric contents, trade and service area, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W78.59Inhalation of gastric contents, trade and service area, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W78.6Inhalation of gastric contents, industrial and construction areaHeading only—
W78.60Inhalation of gastric contents, industrial and construction area, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W78.61Inhalation of gastric contents, industrial and construction area, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W78.62Inhalation of gastric contents, industrial and construction area, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W78.63Inhalation of gastric contents, industrial and construction area, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W78.64Inhalation of gastric contents, industrial and construction area, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W78.68Inhalation of gastric contents, industrial and construction area, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W78.69Inhalation of gastric contents, industrial and construction area, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W78.7Inhalation of gastric contents, farmHeading only—
W78.70Inhalation of gastric contents, farm, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W78.71Inhalation of gastric contents, farm, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W78.72Inhalation of gastric contents, farm, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W78.73Inhalation of gastric contents, farm, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W78.74Inhalation of gastric contents, farm, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W78.78Inhalation of gastric contents, farm, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W78.79Inhalation of gastric contents, farm, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W78.8Inhalation of gastric contents, other specified placesHeading only—
W78.80Inhalation of gastric contents, other specified places, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W78.81Inhalation of gastric contents, other specified places, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W78.82Inhalation of gastric contents, other specified places, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W78.83Inhalation of gastric contents, other specified places, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W78.84Inhalation of gastric contents, other specified places, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W78.88Inhalation of gastric contents, other specified places, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W78.89Inhalation of gastric contents, other specified places, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—
W78.9Inhalation of gastric contents, unspecified placeHeading only—
W78.90Inhalation of gastric contents, unspecified place, while engaged in sports activityValid · not as primary—
W78.91Inhalation of gastric contents, unspecified place, while engaged in leisure activityValid · not as primary—
W78.92Inhalation of gastric contents, unspecified place, while working for incomeValid · not as primary—
W78.93Inhalation of gastric contents, unspecified place, while engaged in other types of workValid · not as primary—
W78.94Inhalation of gastric contents, unspecified place, while resting, sleeping, eating or engaging in other vital activitiesValid · not as primary—
W78.98Inhalation of gastric contents, unspecified place, while engaged in other specified activitiesValid · not as primary—
W78.99Inhalation of gastric contents, unspecified place, during unspecified activityValid · not as primary—

Source and terms

Reproduced from the national table, unaltered.

The Department publishes the table for the industry to load. The ICD-10 Master Industry Table page

Codes and descriptions: ICD-10 Master Industry Table (MIT) 2021, published 16 March 2021 by the National Department of Health, Republic of South Africa. ® National Department of Health: all rights reserved. Reproduced for reference without alteration.

ICD-10 is the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, © World Health Organization. The WHO ICD-10 descriptions appear as published in the MIT.

Prescribed Minimum Benefit (PMB) and Chronic Disease List (CDL) markers: Council for Medical Schemes, PMB Coded List, as read by GreenNotes. Benefit decisions rest with each medical scheme.

Source file: ICD-10_MIT_2021_Excel_16-March_2021.xlsx. Found an error in a code or description? Write to help@greennotes.co.za.

This lookup is a reference to the published code table, not coding advice. Code assignment is the treating practitioner’s responsibility, following the South African ICD-10 Coding Standards and Guidelines and the WHO ICD-10 volumes. GreenNotes does not warrant that the table is complete or current.
This is the South African table. Most ICD-10 results online are the United States’ ICD-10-CM, a different code set that South African medical schemes do not accept. Regulation 5 of the General Regulations under the Medical Schemes Act requires the diagnostic code on every account, and the Master Industry Table is the list it is coded from.

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