TableĀ 1

Original EPINATO definitions of categories 16 and 20, outlining the potential for miscoding where training injuries can be reported as rheumatological conditions

16Rheumatic and other musculoskeletal diseasesArthropathies and related disorders either infective or associated with other disorders, rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthrosis, gout, rheumatic disease excluding the back, osteopathies and chondropathies, connective tissue disorders, soft tissue disorders and acquired musculoskeletal deformities
20Training injuryAny injury occurring as a direct consequence of activity carried out as part of formal military training, to include organised runs and physical fitness programmes and testing, routine gym, unit road work and adventure training. All fractures, all dislocations, sprains, strains of joints and relative muscles, all intracranial and chest injuries, abdominal and pelvic internal injuries, all open wounds to all regions of the body, injuries to blood vessels, late effects of injuries, superficial injuries, contusions, crushing injuries, foreign body in orifices, burns, injuries to nerves and spinal cord, complications of trauma and sequelae of injuries