W46.1XXA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. Short description: Contact with contaminated hypodermic needle, init encntr The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM W46.1XXA became effective on October 1, 2020.
Contact with hypodermic needle, initial encounter Accidental needle stick; Accidental needle stick injury ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code W46.1XXA [convert to ICD-9-CM] Contact with contaminated hypodermic needle, initial encounter
Contact with and (suspected) exposure to potentially hazardous body fluids. Z77.21 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2019 edition of ICD-10-CM Z77.21 became effective on October 1, 2018.
Z77-Z99 Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status Z77.21 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM Z77.21 became effective on October 1, 2021.
W46.1XXAICD-10 code W46. 1XXA for Contact with contaminated hypodermic needle, initial encounter is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Other external causes of accidental injury .
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 .
ICD-10 code S61. 239A for Puncture wound without foreign body of unspecified finger without damage to nail, initial encounter is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes .
Encounter for other aftercare and medical careICD-10 code Z51 for Encounter for other aftercare and medical care is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .
R68. 89 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM R68. 89 became effective on October 1, 2021.
Code F41. 9 is the diagnosis code used for Anxiety Disorder, Unspecified. It is a category of psychiatric disorders which are characterized by anxious feelings or fear often accompanied by physical symptoms associated with anxiety.
The types of open wounds classified in ICD-10-CM are laceration without foreign body, laceration with foreign body, puncture wound without foreign body, puncture wound with foreign body, open bite, and unspecified open wound. For instance, S81. 812A Laceration without foreign body, right lower leg, initial encounter.
Injury, unspecified ICD-10-CM T14. 90XA is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0): 913 Traumatic injury with mcc. 914 Traumatic injury without mcc.
ICD-10 Code for Local infection of the skin and subcutaneous tissue, unspecified- L08. 9- Codify by AAPC.
Encounter for other specified aftercare 89 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM Z51. 89 became effective on October 1, 2021. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Z51.
ICD-10 Code for Encounter for antineoplastic chemotherapy and immunotherapy- Z51. 1- Codify by AAPC. Factors influencing health status and contact with health services. Encounters for other specific health care. Encounter for other aftercare and medical care(Z51)
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W46.1 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 ...
W46.1 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
W46.1XXA is a billable ICD code used to specify a diagnosis of contact with contaminated hypodermic needle, initial encounter. A 'billable code' is detailed enough to be used to specify a medical diagnosis.
The ICD code W46 is used to code Needlestick injury. Established within the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the National Surveillance System for Healthcare Workers (NaSH) defines a percutaneous injury, or needle-stick injury (NSI), as penetration of skin resulting from a needle or other sharp object, ...
Though the acute physiological effects of a needle-stick injury are generally negligible, the efficiency with which these devices transmit blood-bor ne diseases place those exposed to occupational NSI at increased risk of contracting infectious diseases, such as hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV), and the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM Z77.21 became effective on October 1, 2021.
Z77-Z99 Persons with potential health hazards related to family and personal history and certain conditions influencing health status
I code 883.0 with the correct E-codes and if it is stated the person was exposed to body fluids I also code V15.85.
Assuming they were stuck in the hand or finger, you would use either 882.0 ir 882.3 primary with the E code secondary.
You are correct it is not appropriate to use a code for an open wound for a puncture wound. therfore barring any code for puncture wound the 959.5 would be the first listed. Unless it is documented that there has been exposure to body fluids do not use the V15.85. Use screening V codes for the tests.
Needle stick#N#One might consider using the 'V' exposure code if only laboratory testing for communicable diseases. If treating the puncture, one might consider using the open wound depending on depth. If only an abrasion, that could be used to. You would have exposure to diseases even if you don't actively see 'fluids' in a puncture if the skin is broken .