tci ED Coding & Reimbursement Alert - 2008 Issue 7

Know When to Combine -- and When to Separate -- Burns for Diagnosis Coding

Fourth, fifth digits are vital to these ICD-9 codes To accurately code diagnoses for patients with burn injuries, coders must know whether the patient had any third-degree burns. They also need to know when to combine multiple burns into one ICD-9 code and when to submit a separate code for each burn. Check out this expert advice on burn diagnosis coding, and heed these three steps each time you are coding for a burn victim.1. Select Burn Location The first diagnosis code you-ll select for burn victims represents the location of the burn (or burns) and the burn's...

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