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 to get some opinions on this and see if anyone has come across this before.
A police officer fractured his hand after punching a suspect in the head. I used E code E960.0 Unarmed fight or brawl. I had looked at using E975 Injury due to legal intervention by other specified means includes: Blow :: :: Manhandling, but the description in our encoder and in the CDR makes it sound like this is used for injuries inflicted by the police (;LEGAL INTERVENTION E970-E978 includes: (injuries inflicted by the police or other law-enforcing agents, including military on duty, in the course of arresting or attempting to arrest lawbreakers, suppressing disturbances, maintaining order, and other legal action) :: :: legal execution)
I am being told that I need to use E975 instead of E960.0. Any help with this would be appreciated.
A police officer fractured his hand after punching a suspect in the head. I used E code E960.0 Unarmed fight or brawl. I had looked at using E975 Injury due to legal intervention by other specified means includes: Blow :: :: Manhandling, but the description in our encoder and in the CDR makes it sound like this is used for injuries inflicted by the police (;LEGAL INTERVENTION E970-E978 includes: (injuries inflicted by the police or other law-enforcing agents, including military on duty, in the course of arresting or attempting to arrest lawbreakers, suppressing disturbances, maintaining order, and other legal action) :: :: legal execution)
I am being told that I need to use E975 instead of E960.0. Any help with this would be appreciated.