Nursing home as the place of occurrence of the external cause 1 Y92.12 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. 2 Short description: Nursing home as place 3 The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM Y92.12 became effective on October 1, 2020. 4 This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Y92.12 - other international versions of ICD-10 Y92.12 may differ.
Y92.12 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 ...
Nursing home as the place of occurrence of the external cause. 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code. Y92.12 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail. Short description: Nursing home as place.