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ICD-10-CM Code for External cause status Y99

ICD-10 code Y99 for External cause status is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - External causes of morbidity .

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External cause status
Note: A single code from category Y99 should be used in conjunction with the external cause code(s) assigned to a record to indicate the status of the person at the time the event occurred.
 
Y99 External cause status
Child Code
Civilian activity done for income or pay
Child Code
Military activity
Child Code
Volunteer activity
Child Code
Other external cause status
Child Code
Unspecified external cause status

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Place of Occurrence Y92
The guidelines actually explicitly say that this is not error unless the organization has internal guidelines requiring the assignment of these codes. Per the ICD-10 Chapter 20 guidelines for code ra... [ Read More ]
At odds with an answer
This is the whole question, fyi. Excuse me if it's hard to read. The rational doesn't address the A/D issue that I had with the dislocation ICD-10 code S43.014. The question and the correct answer and... [ Read More ]
UHC MEDICARE REJECTION
Invalid dx is just a generic denial the W code is a valid dx, however per ICD-10 guidelines codes V00-Y99 are never to be used as primary codes.[ATTACH type="full" width="374px"]3945[/ATTACH]... [ Read More ]
External Cause Codes "Work status at time of event specified as:
Hi, Is the work status external cause code required for correct coding even when an encounter does not specify work status, volunteer activity, student activity etc. etc. ? When such things are speci... [ Read More ]
Y99.9 ICD-10 code
While Unspecified codes definitely have their place in Coding, [URL="https://www.cms.gov/Medicare/Coding/ICD10/Clarifying-Questions-and-Answers-Related-to-the-July-6-2015-CMS-AMA-Joint-Announcement.pd... [ Read More ]
Y99.9 ICD-10 code
I have a general question regarding the use of Y99.9. If we have a patient that comes into our Trauma center and the only information we receive from the ER states TRAUMA. We read the report for a 1... [ 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
[b]Hi Networker[/b] I'm aware of the use of the "cause" codes and we do use them when provided to use by the physicians. So, are you saying, you are aware of the loss of reimbursement if the cause c... [ Read More ]
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 ]
Ecode help needed
I think you might be referring to the external cause of the injury? These are V00 - Y99 codes. E codes are Endocrine, Nurtitional and Metabolic diseases. I hope this helps! Cindy... [ Read More ]
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