ICD-9 Choices for finger laceration = 883.0, 883.1, 883.2.
918.1For instance, using the corneal abrasion example from earlier, entering the ICD-9 corneal abrasion code, 918.1, into a GEM converter would give you the ICD-10 code S05.
01XA to pay a claim for a corneal abrasion. If this were a subsequent encounter you would replace the “A” with a “D” and the code would be: S05. 02XD – Injury of conjunctiva and corneal abrasion without foreign body, left eye, subsequent encounter.
Q: How should I bill for a bandage contact lens? The CPT code for this is 92070 (Fitting of contact lens for treatment of disease, including supply of lens).
For codes less than 6 characters that require a 7th character a placeholder 'X' should be assigned for all characters less than 6. The 7th character must always be the 7th position of a code. E.g. The ICD-10-CM code T67.4 (Heat exhaustion due to salt depletion) requires an Episode of Care identifier.
A bruise, or contusion, is a type of hematoma of tissue in which capillaries and sometimes venules are damaged by trauma, allowing blood to seep, hemorrhage, or extravasate into the surrounding interstitial tissues. Bruises, which do not blanch under pressure, can involve capillaries at the level of skin, subcutaneous tissue, muscle, or bone.