The Alphabetic Index clasifies injuries according to their general type such as what? What do sub-terms identify?
Wound, fracture, or dislocation; Anatomical site
What is a rule for coding multiply fractures?
Seperate codes should be assigned for muliple fractures unless otherwise specified
An injury of the ligaments of a joint resulting from turning or twisting of a body part. Symtoms are swelling and discoloration. Whiplah is an example.
Sprain
What type of fracture would not be classified to chapter 17 of ICD-9-CM?
Patholofical fractures due to due to underlying bone disease are not condidered traumatic.
Code: What code is used as an additional code for any documented infected burn site?
958.3 Posttraumatic wound infection ,NEC
Code: Delayed healing of open wound of foot
892.1, Complicated open wound of foot except (toes) alone. delayed healing is considered complicated as found in instruction notes for (870-897)
Most categories in ch 19 of ICD-10-CM have required 7-character extentions. 3 of these extentions have and A, D, and S. What do these stand for?
A- Initial encounter of care D- Subsequent encounter of care S- Sequela (complications form injury).
The note at the begining of the section offers information for when a diagnostic statement includes the terms open, infected, or foreign body, the fourth-digit code describing what should be assigned?
an open intracracial
Code: Multifple fractures of right upper limb
818.0, Ill-defined fracture of upper limb
Deep full-thickness burn. Most severe. May be damage to the tendons and bones. The skin is black with no edema. Pain is minimal.
