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Any suggestions on which E code would be most appropriate for a patient presenting with a GSW inflicted by a home owner during a home invasion?
I don't believe we can use E970-E978 since it was not b... [ Read More ]
Hum.... E960 notes state, "Excludes injuries due to: legal intervention...," and directs us to use E970-E978. Also, the annotation note for E975 states, "...E975 is used to report an injury due to leg... [ Read More ]
I am disputing the use of an E code on a chart I am working on with one of our other coders who is auditing my charts as I am still new to ER coding and my experience lies in surgery coding. I wanted... [ Read More ]
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