AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2003 Fourth Quarter; VOLUMES 1 & 2 NEW/REVISED CODES

Injury of Trunk

Effective October 1, 2003, code 959.1, Injury, other and unspecified, Trunk, has been expanded to separately identify the different parts of the trunk that had been grouped under the same code. In particularly, it was felt that penile injuries, which were grouped under 959.1, required a unique code for better identification of these injuries. 959 Injury, other and unspecified 959.1 Trunk Delete Abdominal wall Back Breast Buttock Chest wall External genital organs Flank Groin Interscapular region Perineum New code 959.11 Other injury of chest wall New code 959.12 Other injury of abdomen New code...

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