tci General Surgery Coding Alert - 2006 Issue 6

5 Steps Take the Heat Out of Burn Diagnoses

Make sure you know the questions to ask to choose the proper codeWith some diagnoses, there is clearly one code series to choose from--but that's not the case with burns. ICD-9-CM lists two distinct sets of diagnosis codes for burns, and in most cases you-ll have to select a code from each set to describe the patient's condition properly. 1. Determine the Burn Location When assigning burn diagnosis codes, you-ll need to know the burn location, the burn degree and the percentage of body surface burned.First, you should use codes 941-946 -to code the burn by body location...

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