AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 1996 Fourth Quarter

FRACTURE OF SKULL AND INTRACRANIAL INJURY

An instructional note has been added to the fifth digit 5 for the fifth digit subclassifications for skull fractures (800-804) and intracranial injury (850-854). 5 with prolonged [more than 24 hours] loss of consciousness, without return to pre-existing conscious level Use fifth-digit 5 to designate when a patient is unconscious and dies before regaining consciousness, regardless of the duration of the loss of consciousness ...

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