AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2003 Fourth Quarter; VOLUMES 1 & 2 NEW/REVISED CODES

Crushing Injury

Effective October 1, 2003, changes have been made to the "excludes note" for crushing injury (925-929) to clarify the reporting of crushing injury associated with other injuries like fractures or internal injuries. Prior to this change, the instructional note excluded these conditions when coding crushing injury. The excludes note has been replaced by a "use additional code" note to clarify that any associated injuries should be coded separately. Crush injury should be sequenced first. Crushing Injury (925-929) Delete Excludes: concussion (850.0-850.9) fractures (800-829) internal organs (860.0-869.1) that incidental to : internal injury (860.0-869.1)...

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