tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2018 Issue 7

Reader Question: Crush Injury Dx Requires More Details

Question: The physician treated a patient for "crush injury, lower forearm." What ICD-10 code would represent this injury? Supercoder.com Subscriber Answer: The exact ICD-10 code you choose will depend on the laterality of the crush injury, and whether the encounter for the injury is initial, subsequent, or sequela. First:  You need to choose the appropriate base crush injury ICD-10 for the encounter. Try to find out which forearm the orthopedist treated; then, choose one of the following codes to start: S57.80-- - Crushing injury of unspecified forearm S57.81-- - Crushing injury of right forearm...

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