tci Medicare Compliance & Reimbursement - 2008 Issue 18

Coding Coach: Follow 4 Tips To Combine 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 follow these four 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 its severity...

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