Template:ICD10 Guideline Falls: Difference between revisions

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== Rules for Coding Falls in ICD10 ==

*Only code in-hospital falls IF THEY CAUSE AN INJURY, and in that case code the PRIMARY code is the injury, with the associated mechanism of injury being '''[[Mechanism of injury: fall or jump (not necessarily from a height)]]'''

With the exception from '''[[Observation after accident/injury]]''' if it is used to code the observational care itself, not the suspected injury. So, in regard to a fall in hospital without an injury, use this code only if there was actual additional medical observation that resulted from the fall, e.g. an extra day in hospital.

*Out-of-hospital falls that are a reason for admission, that caused an injury should be coded the same way.

*For out-of-hospital falls that are a reason for admission that did '''NOT''' cause an injury code '''[[Observation after accident/injury]]''' combined with '''[[Mechanism of injury: fall or jump (not necessarily from a height)]]'''.

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 == Rules for Coding Falls in ICD10 ==
 *Only code in-hospital falls IF THEY CAUSE AN INJURY, and in that case code the PRIMARY code is the injury, with the associated mechanism of injury being '''[[Mechanism of injury: fall or jump (not necessarily from a height)]]'''
+With the exception from '''[[Observation after accident/injury]]''' if it is used to code the observational care itself, not the suspected injury. So, in regard to a fall in hospital without an injury, use this code only if there was actual additional medical observation that resulted from the fall, e.g. an extra day in hospital.
 *Out-of-hospital falls that are a reason for admission, that caused an injury should be coded the same way.
 *For out-of-hospital falls that are a reason for admission that did '''NOT''' cause an injury code '''[[Observation after accident/injury]]''' combined with '''[[Mechanism of injury: fall or jump (not necessarily from a height)]]'''.