The External Cause of Injuries index contains codes found in Chapter 19, Injury, poisoning & certain other consequences of external causes , and Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, of the ICD-10-CM. The codes begin with the letters S and T for Chapter 10, and V, W, X, and Y in Chapter 20.
2018/2019 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code X50.3. Overexertion from repetitive movements. X50.3 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
2019 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code X50.1 Overexertion from prolonged static or awkward postures 2017 - New Code Non-Billable/Non-Specific Code ICD-10-CM Coding Rules X50.1 describes the circumstance causing an injury, not the nature of the injury.
2018/2019 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code X50.1. Overexertion from prolonged static or awkward postures. X50.1 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
External causes of morbidity ICD-10-CM Code range V00-Y99V00-X58. Accidents.X71-X83. Intentional self-harm.X92-Y09. Assault.Y21-Y33. Event of undetermined intent.Y35-Y38. Legal intervention, operations of war, military operations, and terrorism.Y62-Y84. Complications of medical and surgical care.Y90-Y99.
ICD-10 External Cause Codes (V00-Y99) are secondary codes that capture specific details about an injury or health event.
An external cause code can never be a principal (first-listed) diagnosis. Where a code from this section is applicable, it is intended that it shall be used secondary to a code from another chapter of the classification indicating the nature of the condition.
An activity code is only used once at initial encounter. Activity codes are not applicable to poisionings, adverse effects, misadventures or late effects. Do not assign Y93. 9 Unspecified activity if the activity is not stated.
External cause codes are used to report injuries, poisonings, and other external causes. (They are also valid for diseases that have an external source and health conditions such as a heart attack that occurred while exercising.)
4 different typesThere are 4 different types of external cause codes. Each code answers one of the following questions: How did the injury or condition happen?
External codes for child and adult abuse take priority over all other external cause codes. External cause codes for terrorism events take priority over all other external cause codes except child and adult abuse.
4 different typesThere are 4 different types of external cause codes. Each code answers one of the following questions: How did the injury or condition happen?
The following coding guidance is provided at the beginning of the chapter, "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.
In medicine, an external cause is a reason for the existence of a medical condition which can be associated with a specific object or acute process that was caused by something outside the body.
Overexertion from repetitive movements 1 X50.3 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 X50.3 became effective on October 1, 2020. 3 This is the American ICD-10-CM version of X50.3 - other international versions of ICD-10 X50.3 may differ.
The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM X50.3 became effective on October 1, 2021.
X50.3 describes the circumstance causing an injury, not the nature of the injury.
X50.1 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 ...
X50.1 should not be used for reimbursement purposes as there are multiple codes below it that contain a greater level of detail.
Overexertion from repetitive movements, initial encounter 1 X50.3XXA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. 2 The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM X50.3XXA became effective on October 1, 2020. 3 This is the American ICD-10-CM version of X50.3XXA - other international versions of ICD-10 X50.3XXA may differ.
The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM X50.3XXA became effective on October 1, 2021.
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.