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=== Traumas and their Mechanisms ===
=== Traumas and their Mechanisms ===
*There are numerous codes for "mechanical" injuries to various body parts.  
*In ICD10, traumas need to be combined with separate mechanism codes to fully explain the situation.
*You can recognize these codes because their names include one or another term such as: "injury/trauma" or "traumatic".
 
*Here are lists of the codes for "mechanical" injuries to various body parts:  
** some codes are always traumatic and always need a mechanism:  
{{ListICD10Category | categoryName = Trauma}}
{{ListICD10Category | categoryName = Trauma}}
*What these have in common is that they are caused by an "external agent" -- such as being hit by a car, falling on your head, etc.
:* Other codes may or may not be of a traumatic nature; these also qualify to be coded with trauma mechanisms listed below:  
*For these codes, it is required that the injury be combined with the external mechanism of the injury:
{{ListICD10Category | categoryName = Potential trauma}}
{{ListICD10Category | categoryName = Mechanism}}  
 
*In some cases, the mechanism is actually iatrogenic, see '''[[Iatrogenic codes in ICD10]]'''.  {{ListICD10Category | categoryName = Iatrogenic}}
*Here is a list of the external mechanism or agent that caused the trauma:
{{ListICD10Category | categoryName = Mechanism}}


=== Regarding Multiple Trauma ===
=== Regarding Multiple Trauma ===
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**And in this case, assuming that they all have the same mechanism of injury (e.g. '''[[Mechanism of injury: motorcyclist]]'''), then you'd also code that [[:Category:Mechanism|Mechanism]] code as the same [[Combined ICD10 codes]].  
**And in this case, assuming that they all have the same mechanism of injury (e.g. '''[[Mechanism of injury: motorcyclist]]'''), then you'd also code that [[:Category:Mechanism|Mechanism]] code as the same [[Combined ICD10 codes]].  
*If the multiple trauma is the primary admit diagnosis, then among this group of linked ICD10 codes, the '''[[Primary Admit Diagnosis]]''' would be either the [[Multiple trauma]] or the "worst" thing injured, e.g. '''[[Brain injury, diffuse (TBI), injury/trauma]]
*If the multiple trauma is the primary admit diagnosis, then among this group of linked ICD10 codes, the '''[[Primary Admit Diagnosis]]''' would be either the [[Multiple trauma]] or the "worst" thing injured, e.g. '''[[Brain injury, diffuse (TBI), injury/trauma]]
{{ICD10 Guideline Iatrogenic Injury}}

Latest revision as of 14:20, 2023 August 9

Explanation of trauma and mechanism co-coding.



Traumas and their Mechanisms

  • In ICD10, traumas need to be combined with separate mechanism codes to fully explain the situation.
  • Here are lists of the codes for "mechanical" injuries to various body parts:
    • some codes are always traumatic and always need a mechanism:
Trauma codes:
... further results
  • Other codes may or may not be of a traumatic nature; these also qualify to be coded with trauma mechanisms listed below:
Potential trauma codes:
  • Here is a list of the external mechanism or agent that caused the trauma:
Mechanism codes:

Regarding Multiple Trauma

Iatrogenic injuries