Injury to bronchus with open wound into cavity (862.31)
ICD-9 code 862.31 for Injury to bronchus with open wound into cavity is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -INTERNAL INJURY OF THORAX, ABDOMEN, AND PELVIS (860-869).
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I have never heard of Magellan authorizing those codes.
What we use is listed below. Hope it helps.
RTC, Rev code 0101 H0018 tob 862
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