tci Outpatient Facility Coding Alert - 2016 Issue 4

ICD-10 Spotlight: Heal Your Burn Woes with a Comprehensive Understanding of the Codes

Each of the seven characters defines the indication. Just as in ICD-9-CM, coding a burn in ICD-10 requires information about the body site, depth, extent, and cause of the burn. However, ICD-10 also requires information about the laterality of the burn and whether the encounter is initial, subsequent, or for sequela of the burn injury. Read on for your refresher on how each of the alphanumeric characters communicates specific information about the injury and the encounter with the physician. Start by Mapping Each Character The easiest way to understand how burn diagnosis codes are structured is to break them...

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