Type of Occurrence Classification System - Safe Work Australia

D. Nature of Injury/Disease ClassificationF. TRAUMATIC JOINT/LIGAMENT AND MUSCLE/TENDON INJURY (continued)F3. Residual soft tissue disorders due to trauma or unknown mechanisms239 Soft tissue injuries due to trauma or unknown mechanisms with insufficientinformation to code elsewhereNotes:This category should only be used when all other appropriate categories have beenconsidered. only claims with insufficient information are expected to be coded tothis category, and further information should be sought for these claims wheneverpossible.This category includes conditions recorded as ‘soft tissue injuries’ (or similar - i.e.due to trauma) but for which source documents provide insufficient detail that wouldallow the injury to be allocated to another specific category. These injuries mayinvolve joints, ligaments, muscles or tendons. It also covers soft tissue conditionsfor which there is not enough information that would allow the condition to beallocated to another specific category AND for which the source documents don’tprovide enough information to determine whether the condition was due to traumaor not. A similar approach has been taken for non-traumatic soft tissue conditionswithout further information (to be allocated to code 579).Includes:! Acute soft tissue diseases without enough information to code to a specificinjury category.! Back injury (if no other information given)! Back sprain/strain (if no other information given)! Diseases identified as ‘soft tissue’ or similar but without enough information toidentify whether they were due to acute trauma or not, and without enoughinformation to code to a specific injury or disease category.Excludes:! Non-traumatic soft tissue conditions without other information that would allowthe disease to be allocated to a specific category (code to 579).46 National Occupational Health and Safety Commission