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ICD-10-CM Code for Fall from or off toilet with subsequent striking against object W18.12

ICD-10 code W18.12 for Fall from or off toilet with subsequent striking against object is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Other external causes of accidental injury .

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Fall from or off toilet with subsequent striking against object
 
W18.12 Fall from or off toilet with subsequent striking against object
Child Code
Fall from or off toilet with subsequent striking against object, initial encounter
Child Code
Fall from or off toilet with subsequent striking against object, subsequent encounter
Child Code
Fall from or off toilet with subsequent striking against object, sequela

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[b]MVA Pregnant[/b] Hi, In our office we follow this process when a pregnant woman is in a MVA. Trauma/Injury during pregnancy 1. Code O9A.XXX primary 2. Then the injury S39.91XA 3. Then How – W18... [ Read More ]
ICD 10 Workplace Dx?
This isn't a diagnosis, it's an external cause - you could use W18.40XA for the trip and Y92.9/Y93.9/Y99.0 to indicate the workplace if this is all you have, but you would still need a diagnosis for y... [ Read More ]
as of Oct. 1 to use ICD 10 CM (causality) codes for all trauma diagnoses
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as of Oct. 1 to use ICD 10 CM (causality) codes for all trauma diagnoses
I believe he is referring to the external "cause" codes V00-Y99 For example: Patient comes in with a fractured left hip from a fall in the bathroom at the nursing home she is in S72.92XA Unspecifie... [ Read More ]
Can anyone provide the External cause codes for this scenario in ICD 10 CM
[QUOTE="venkatmathers, post: 408344, member: 335795"]But had some window glass struck in his left hand made quite a blood flow out of the injury. Do we need to give W18.02XA (Striking against glass w... [ Read More ]
Can anyone provide the External cause codes for this scenario in ICD 10 CM
[b]That was really helpful but as for this concern[/b] But had some window glass struck in his left hand made quite a blood flow out of the injury. Do we need to give W18.02XA (Striking against glas... [ Read More ]
external causes coding
I am going back and forth on this one. Would you code a child falling off of his bicycle on a public road in front of his home W18.9, as a traffic accident, or would you code it as a fall W18.39A, Oth... [ Read More ]
Need coding help-I have a patient
W18.39X looks like it may work. "Other fall on same level", unless of course she fell and ended up on a different level such as falling down the stairs, off a curb, down a well, Etc. I'd go with Other... [ Read More ]
ICD 10 Injury Code ?
Look under W18.4--slipping, tripping, stumbling without a fall.... [ Read More ]
Tripping with out falling E code question?
Then stationary object (E917.4), and if you're coding I-10 look to W18.4X.... [ Read More ]
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