When and How to Report Child Abuse
must report when he or she has reasonable cause to suspect that a child is not living with the child’s family. Mandatory reporters are required to report the facts and circumstances that led them to suspect that a child has been abused or neglected. They do not have the burden of providing proof that abuse or neglect has occurred.
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Three Warning Signs of Neglect
ICD-10 code R68. 89 for Other general symptoms and signs is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified .
The patient's primary diagnostic code is the most important. Assuming the patient's primary diagnostic code is Z76. 89, look in the list below to see which MDC's "Assignment of Diagnosis Codes" is first.
ICD-10 code T76 for Adult and child abuse, neglect and other maltreatment, suspected is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes .
2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code Z93. 3: Colostomy status. 2022.
ICD-10 code Z51. 81 for Encounter for therapeutic drug level monitoring is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .
ICD-10 code: Z76. 9 Person encountering health services in unspecified circumstances.
ICD-10-CM Code for Violent behavior R45. 6.
ICD-10-CM Code for Parent-child conflict Z62. 82.
The ICD-10 code Z86. 4 applies to cases where there is "a personal history of psychoactive substance abuse" (drugs or alcohol or tobacco) but specifically excludes current dependence (F10 - F19 codes with the fourth digit of 2).
ICD-10 code: K57. 92 Diverticulitis of intestine, part unspecified, without perforation, abscess or bleeding.
A colostomy is an operation that connects the colon to the abdominal wall, while an ileostomy connects the last part of the small intestine (ileum) to the abdominal wall.
ICD-10 code G82 for Paraplegia (paraparesis) and quadriplegia (quadriparesis) is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the nervous system .
Use secondary code (s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code.
The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM T76.01XA became effective on October 1, 2021.
Adult neglect or abandonment, suspected 1 T76.01 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. 2 The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM T76.01 became effective on October 1, 2020. 3 This is the American ICD-10-CM version of T76.01 - other international versions of ICD-10 T76.01 may differ.
Use secondary code (s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code.
The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM T76.01 became effective on October 1, 2021.
If the suspected case is ruled out, then the coder should report Z04.72 (encounter for examination and observation following alleged child physical abuse, ruled out). The code from category T76 would not be reported.
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One of the first items that the coder must discern is if the abuse is confirmed (T74) or suspected (T76). For confirmed cases, the external cause code section (X92 – Y09) should be reported along with documented injuries. A perpetrator code (Y07) is reported when the person who performed the abuse/neglect is known. For suspected but not confirmed cases, the perpetrator is not reported. The code identifies the relationship between the perpetrator and the victim.
A perpetrator code (Y07) is reported when the person who performed the abuse/neglect is known. For suspected but not confirmed cases, the perpetrator is not reported. The code identifies the relationship between the perpetrator and the victim.
Use secondary code (s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code.
The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM T76.01XA became effective on October 1, 2021.