ICD-10 is the 10th revision of the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems (ICD), a medical classification list by the World Health Organization (WHO). It contains codes for diseases, signs and symptoms, abnormal findings, complaints, social circumstances, and external causes of injury or diseases.
Unspecified fall, initial encounter
W20.8XXAOther cause of strike by thrown, projected or falling object, initial encounter. W20. 8XXA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
W01.0XXAICD-10-CM Code for Fall on same level from slipping, tripping and stumbling without subsequent striking against object, initial encounter W01. 0XXA.
Z91. 81 - History of falling. ICD-10-CM.
D75.82ICD-10 code D75. 82 for Heparin induced thrombocytopenia (HIT) is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the blood and blood-forming organs and certain disorders involving the immune mechanism .
Z91.81ICD-10 code Z91. 81 for History of falling is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .
W11.XXXAICD-10 code W11. XXXA for Fall on and from ladder, initial encounter is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Other external causes of accidental injury .
With ICD-10, you have R29. 6 (Repeated falls). According to the ICD-10 guidelines you would use R29. 6 when a patient has recently fallen and the reason for the fall is being investigated.
The term. mechanical fall. implies that an external force (eg, environmental) caused the. patient to fall and/or that there is no underlying pathology of concern and/or the patients did. not pass out first.
Adults older than 60 years of age suffer the greatest number of fatal falls. 37.3 million falls that are severe enough to require medical attention occur each year.
T14.90ICD-10 Code for Injury, unspecified- T14. 90- Codify by AAPC.
W01. 10 - Fall On Same Level From Slipping, Tripping and Stumbling With Subsequent Striking Against Unspecified Object [Internet]. In: ICD-10-CM.
Y92. 321 - Football field as the place of occurrence of the external cause. To start things off, this code is strictly a diagnosis code to simply describe the circumstances or location of where the injury occurred, rather than the injury itself.
Hit or struck by falling object due to accident to merchant ship. 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code. V91.30 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. Short description: Hit by falling object due to accident to merchant ship.
V91.30 describes the circumstance causing an injury, not the nature of the injury. This chapter permits the classification of environmental events and circumstances as the cause of injury, and other adverse effects. Where a code from this section is applicable, it is intended that it shall be used secondary to a code from another chapter ...
Type-1 Excludes mean the conditions excluded are mutually exclusive and should never be coded together. Excludes 1 means "do not code here."
The ICD-10-CM External Cause Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code W20. Click on any term below to browse the external cause index.
For codes less than 6 characters that require a 7th character a placeholder 'X' should be assigned for all characters less than 6. The 7th character must always be the 7th position of a code. E.g. The ICD-10-CM code T67.4 (Heat exhaustion due to salt depletion) requires an Episode of Care identifier.
Type-2 Excludes means the excluded conditions are different, although they may appear similar. A patient may have both conditions, but one does not include the other. Excludes 2 means "not coded here."
The ICD-10-CM External Cause Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code W20.0. Click on any term below to browse the external cause index.