tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2014 Issue 1

You Be the Coder: Nail Dx for Complicated Facial Injury Presentation

Question: What ICD-10 codes would you assign to the following case? Hx. of present illness. This is a 52-year-old man who was involved in an interpersonal altercation about 1:30 AM this morning. He was presented to the ED with complaints of pain and swelling to the right side of the face. He had been struck with the butt of a handgun. Witnessed stated he did not lose consciousness, and he also stated he did not lose consciousness. This injury showed pain and edema in the temporal area region, in addition to pain and swelling to the right eye. Small...

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