Wiki wound care-trauma wound

[LuckyLily]

If the doctor states in the patient note that the patient has a non healing trauma wound, yet the doctor coded it as a Non-Pressure chronic ulcer L97-, which would be the correct way to code it. I am thinking to code it as a trauma wound S- series code, but can a non healing trauma wound convert to a non-pressure chronic ulcer?

Are there any good resources where I can get information on wound care coding or someone willing to answer my quirky questions.

Thank you.

 

[mitchellde]

You code from the narrative. If it is a trauma wound then you code as a trauma wound with the appropriate 7th character. It sounds like you provider just selected the incorrect code.