In ICD-9-CM, use the following codes with the appropriate fourth digit subcategories to identify where accidents occurred: E849.9 – Unspecified place (Do not report E849.9 if the place of occurrence is not stated) Note that place of occurrence codes describe the place where the event occurred, not the patient’s activity at the time of the event.
Unspecified place or not applicable Y92.9 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2021 edition of ICD-10-CM Y92.9 became effective on October 1, 2020. This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Y92.9 - other international versions ...
In ICD-9-CM, use the following codes with the appropriate fourth digit subcategories to identify where accidents occurred: Note that place of occurrence codes describe the place where the event occurred, not the patient’s activity at the time of the event. John Verhovshek, MA, CPC, is a contributing editor at AAPC.
E849.9 – Unspecified place (Do not report E849.9 if the place of occurrence is not stated) Note that place of occurrence codes describe the place where the event occurred, not the patient’s activity at the time of the event.
ICD-10 code Y92 for Place of occurrence of the external cause is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - External causes of morbidity .
Other specified industrial and construction area as the place of occurrence of the external cause. Y92. 69 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 Y92.
ICD-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 .
Generally, a place of occurrence code is assigned only once, at the initial encounter for treatment. However, in the rare instance that a new injury occurs during hospitalization, an additional place of occurrence code may be assigned. No 7th characters are used for Y92.
The external cause-of-injury codes are the ICD codes used to classify injury events by mechanism and intent of injury. Intent of injury categories include unintentional, homicide/assault, suicide/intentional self-harm, legal intervention or war operations, and undetermined intent.
Y93.I9Activity, other involving external motion Y93. I9 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 Y93. I9 became effective on October 1, 2021.
ICD-10 code Z51. 81 for Encounter for therapeutic drug level monitoring 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.
Z76. 89 is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
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.)
External cause status Y99- A single code from category Y99 should be used in conjunction with the external cause code(s) assigned to a record to indicate the status of the person at the time the event occurred.
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).
Y92.9 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 ...
Unspecified place or not applicable 1 Y92.9 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 Y92.9 became effective on October 1, 2020. 3 This is the American ICD-10-CM version of Y92.9 - other international versions of ICD-10 Y92.9 may differ.
ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting FY 2021 (October 1, 2020 - September 30, 2021):#N#Place of Occurrence Guideline Codes from category Y92, Place of occurrence of the external cause, are secondary codes for use after other external cause codes to identify the location of the patient at the time of injury or other condition. Generally, a place of occurrence code is assigned only once, at the initial encounter for treatment. However, in the rare instance that a new injury occurs during hospitalization, an additional place of occurrence code may be assigned. No 7th characters are used for Y92. Do not use place of occurrence code Y92.9 if the place is not stated or is not applicable
The guidelines actually explicitly say that this is not error unless the organization has internal guidelines requiring the assignment of these codes. Per the ICD-10 Chapter 20 guidelines for code range V00-Y99:#N#" There is no national requirement for mandatory ICD-10-CM external cause code reporting. Unless a provider is subject to a state-based external cause code reporting mandate or these codes are required by a particular payer, reporting of ICD-10-CM codes in Chapter 20, External Causes of Morbidity, is not required."#N#So I agree with Orthocoderpgu, I would not have assigned an error unless the provider or facility had instructed me that their coding policies require it.