7th character “D” is the subsequent encounter and is used for encounters after the patient has received active treatment of the condition and is receiving routine care for the condition during the healing or recovery phase.
89XA: Other fall from one level to another, initial encounter.
To provide additional specificity, the fracture seventh characters are expanded to include: A, Initial encounter for closed fracture. B, Initial encounter for open fracture. D, Subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing.
T71. 9 - Asphyxiation due to unspecified cause. ICD-10-CM.
W11.XXXAICD-10 code W11. XXXA for Fall on and from ladder, initial encounter is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Other external causes of accidental injury .
ICD-10-CM Code for Fall on same level from slipping, tripping and stumbling without subsequent striking against object, initial encounter W01. 0XXA.
Per ICD-10 guidelines, you would again report S52. 222A for an initial encounter.
Example 1: An initial encounter (character “A”) describes an episode of care during which the patient is receiving active treatment for the condition. Examples of active treatment are: surgical treatment, emergency department encounter, and evaluation and continuing treatment by the same or a different physician.
When the visit is for the purpose of deciding what treatment is required to repair the fracture, it is an initial encounter. Likewise, when the visit results in a changed active plan of care, it is an initial encounter.
ICD-10-CM Codes Self-inflicted harm E950-E958. 9 "Suicide and self-inflicted injury".
It is important to note that in ICD-10-CM, a handful of “T” codes actually function as both a diagnosis and external cause of injury code. This applies to overdose codes (T36-T50) and toxic effects codes (T51-T65), where information about the drug or substance involved and the intent are captured a single code.
T71.163A2022 ICD-10-CM Diagnosis Code T71. 163A: Asphyxiation due to hanging, assault, initial encounter.
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.
The ICD-10-CM External Cause Index links the below-listed medical terms to the ICD code V97.22. Click on any term below to browse the external cause index.