Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident (V49.60)

V49.60

ICD-10-CM Code for Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident V49.60

ICD-10 code V49.60 for Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Transport accidents .

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Unspecified car occupant injured in collision with unspecified motor vehicles in traffic accident

Car collision NOS (traffic)

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[QUOTE="thopkins30, post: 163600, member: 73606"]We are having trouble getting pd for the vertebral fracture assesment (77082) when billed with 77080. BCBS is denying this as not being medically nece... [ Read More ]

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[b]Coder Help[/b] [QUOTE="Stefanie, post: 130871, member: 18476"]I believe that most ladies over the age of 65 are postmenopausal, that doesn't necessarily mean the provider has determined that they ... [ Read More ]

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Good Afternoon, I have many insurance companies that require I use V49.89 to show a pt. did have symptoms. Do we know if there is a new symptoms code in I-10. I have been trying to find something. Wi... [ Read More ]

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