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== Additional Info == | == Additional Info == | ||
*Regarding coding for residual consequences of an old brain trauma: | Includes: | ||
**As always, if the injury was old and FULLY resolved, with no ongoing sequelae, do not code it at all. | *Includes TBI with residual deficits | ||
**If there are ongoing sequelae, then code those (e.g. cognitive impairment) and you can also combine the cognitive impairment code with this code, which is the mechanism of that cognitive impairment. | **Regarding coding for residual consequences of an old brain trauma / TBI with residual deficits: | ||
***As always, if the injury was old and FULLY resolved, with no ongoing sequelae, do not code it at all. | |||
***If there are ongoing sequelae, then code those (e.g. cognitive impairment) and you can also combine the cognitive impairment code with this code, which is the mechanism of that cognitive impairment. | |||
== Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | == Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition == | ||