External cause codes identify the cause of an injury or health condition, the intent (accidental or intentional), the place where the incident occurred, the activity of the patient at the time of the incident, and the patient's status (such as civilian or military).
An external cause status code is used only once, at the initial encounter for treatment. Only one code from Y99 should be recorded on a medical record. Do not assign code Y99. 9, Unspecified external cause status, if the status is not stated.
Other specified postprocedural statesICD-10 code Z98. 890 for Other specified postprocedural states is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .
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. That is the MDC that the patient will be grouped into.
Therefore, given the four criteria required for external cause codes—how the injury happened, where it occurred, what the patient was doing, and whether or not the injury was intentional—there likely would be little or no specific information available at the time Racquel Smith arrived in the ED.
You only need to report external cause codes for the initial encounter (most of the time). Typically, you would only report place of occurrence, activity, and external cause status codes during your initial evaluation of the patient.
ICD-10 code G89. 29 for Other chronic pain is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Diseases of the nervous system .
Definition. the condition of a patient in the period following a surgical operation. [
ICD-10 Code for Encounter for surgical aftercare following surgery on specified body systems- Z48. 81- Codify by AAPC.
Other specified counselingICD-10 code Z71. 89 for Other specified counseling is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Factors influencing health status and contact with health services .
Z76. 89 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
Codes from category Z15 should not be used as principal or first-listed codes.
External cause of injury codes are used to define environmental events, circumstances and conditions such as the cause of injury, poisoning, and other adverse effects related to injury morbidity and mortality.
External-cause definition A cause for an effect in a system that is not a constituent of that system, especially causes of personal health problems or death, such as poison, weapon wounds, or accident. noun.
External Causes of Morbidity: External cause codes are intended to provide data for injury research and injury prevention strategies.
External cause of injury frameworks based on the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) have served the injury field in providing standards for presenting and analyzing state, national and international injury mortality and morbidity data. The external cause of injury framework, commonly called the external cause matrix, categorizes ICD codes into major mechanism (e.g., motor vehicle-trac, cut/pierce, drowning, fall, firearm, fire/burn, natural/environmental, poisoning) by intent of injury (i.e., unintentional, self-harm, assault, legal intervention/war, undetermined) categories.
Background: In ICD-10, W16 Diving or Jumping into Water Causing Injury other than Drowning or Submersion consists of a single code and is placed in Unintentional Fall in the ICD-10 External Cause Matrix. In ICD-10-CM, W16 includes multiple codes for falling, jumping or diving into a swimming pool or natural body of water, with separate codes that specify drowning/submersion or other injuries. Similarly, in ICD-10, W22 Striking against or Struck by Other Objects consists of a single code and is placed in Unintentional Struck by/against in the ICD-10 External Cause Matrix. In ICD-10-CM, W22 includes multiple codes for striking against or struck by other objects, including two codes specific to striking against the wall of swimming pool causing drowning and submersion (W22.041) and other injury (W22.042).
Background: Most ICD-10-CM external cause-related codes (V, W, X, Y, and T) have a 7th character that indicates whether the code is associated with the initial encounter (A), subsequent encounter (D), or a sequela (S). The initial encounter character (A) is used while the patient is receiving active treatment (e.g., emergency department encounter, surgery, evaluation and treatment by a new physician) for the condition. The subsequent encounter character (D) is used for encounters after the patient has received active treatment for the condition and is receiving routine care for the injury during the healing or recovery phase. The sequela character (S) is used with any report of a late effect or sequela resulting from a previous injury.