Wiki X37.0 with X37.1. How to code?

[crashx7@yahoo.com]

I am not currently employed as a coder; but with Hurricane Milton that just blew through Florida spawned a large number of tornadoes.
I have to wonder, if there was a patient who was injured by a Tornado caused by (and inside the Hurricane), how does that get coded?
Would you code the Tornado (X37.1), or the Hurricane (X37.0)?
If you coded both, which comes first? Inquiring minds want to know.

 

[Goosie]

I would think that the Hurricane would trump the tornado.

 

[TThivierge]

Goosie and Crash
It depends on provider's documentation of the incident linked to patient's injury. If provider wrote Storm Surge you would code dx X37.0 cause description states to use this per ICD10 manual. Hurricanes do cause tornados so again provider might say hurricane unless some one told him or her it was a Tornado or Twister. But follow documentation provided.
I hope helped you
Lady T

 

[kmdnine]

This is assuming both were documented. Since they were ultimately injured by the hurricane that caused the tornado, I would code them both, hurricane first.