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ICD-10 Coding:

Know the What, Why, and When of the External Cause Codes

Published on Fri Jul 17, 2020

Use them to paint the patient’s complete picture … most of the time. You’re probably familiar with the ICD-10 guidelines for reporting external cause. In part, they state that “there is no national requirement for mandatory ICD‐10‐CM external cause code reporting.” However, the guidelines go on to note that external cause codes may be required when subject to “a state‐based [...]
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