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injury 7th character

  1. K

    Wiki Clarification of injury code 7th character and external cause codes

    I am coding an inpatient consult for infectious disease MD. The pt has a nonunion of a subtrachanteric fracture (RT femur) following an ORIF done 6 months prior to the consult. Infectious disease process was ruled out. There is no documentation in the entire inpt chart to determine if the...
    • kahuna2729
    • Thread
    • external cause external cause codes injury 7th character injury code
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: Orthopaedics
  2. J

    Wiki 7th character help for injury codes

    I code for an urgent care center in an area with a lot of senior citizens. They come in for skin tears and usually can't be sutured because of thin skin. Some of them, even though not requested to by the provider, come in every two days for a wound check. Sometimes the provider notes to...
    • jackiemal
    • Thread
    • injury 7th character urgent care
    • Replies: 1
    • Forum: ICD-10
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