tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2024 Issue Q2

ICD-10 Coding: Follow These Steps to Burn Coding Success

Corrosion or burn? Here’s why it matters. Patients who report to the ED with burns have always presented a coding challenge. Reporting burn codes is involved, and you’ll have to extend diagnoses to the 7th character in most cases. You’ll also have to distinguish between a corrosion and a burn, for coding purposes. This all adds up to a tall order, if you don’t know what you’re looking for. Check out this primer on coding for burns of all kinds. Know if Injury Is Corrosion or Burn As ICD-10 now includes separate codes for...

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