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Wiki External Cause coding guideline

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Per the the coding guideline (page 78/chap 20):

Regardless of the number of external cause codes assigned, there should be only one place of occurrence code, one activity code and one external cause status code assigned to an encounter.

Can someone clarify this?

If a patient comes into the ED for a injury due to a fall while cleaning in their house and falls again while trying to get out of bed in the ED and gets another injury-I can't code both of the falls/place of occurrences even if both injuries were treated??:confused:
 
The guidelines also state that if a new injury occurs while a patient in the facility that you can use two Place of occupancy codes and of course two mechanism codes.
 
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