ICD-10 Coding/External Causes of Morbidity
Appearance
This lesson introduces ICD-10-CM External Causes of Morbidity.
Objectives and Skills
[edit | edit source]Objectives and skills for this lesson include:
- Correctly apply ICD-10-CM coding guidelines for accurate selection and sequencing of external causes of morbidity codes
Guidelines
[edit | edit source]Start Here
[edit | edit source]Chapter 20 specific guidelines can be found on pages 85-91 of this document
Part 1: Diagnoses
[edit | edit source]Chapter 20 Guidelines with Clinical Scenarios
CG I.C.20 Chapter 20: External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)
[edit | edit source]CG I.C.20.a. General External Cause Coding Guidelines
[edit | edit source]CG I.C.20.a.1) Used with any code in the range of A00.0-T88.9 Z00-Z99
[edit | edit source]External cause code used for length of treatment
[edit | edit source]CG I.C.20.a.3) Use the full range of external cause codes
[edit | edit source]CG I.C.20.a.4) Assign as many external cause codes as necessary
[edit | edit source]CG I.C.20.a.5) The selection of the appropriate external cause code
[edit | edit source]I.C.20.a.5) and I.C.20.a.6) Video
CG I.C.20.a.6) External cause code can never be a principal diagnosis
[edit | edit source]I.C.20.a.5) and I.C.20.a.6) Video