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*There are numerous codes for "mechanical" injuries to various body parts.   
*There are numerous codes for "mechanical" injuries to various body parts.   
*You can recognize these codes because their names include one or another term such as: "injury/trauma" or "traumatic".  
*You can recognize these codes because their names include one or another term such as: "injury/trauma" or "traumatic".  
**{{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.  
*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.  
*For these codes, it is required that the injury be combined with the external mechanism of the injury:
*For these codes, it is required that the injury be combined with the external mechanism of the injury:
{{ListICD10Category | categoryName = Mechanism}}  
{{ListICD10Category | categoryName = Mechanism}}  
*In some cases, the mechanism is actually iatrogenic, see '''[[Iatrogenic codes in ICD10]]'''.  {{ListICD10Category | categoryName = Iatrogenic}}  
*In some cases, the mechanism is actually iatrogenic, see '''[[Iatrogenic codes in ICD10]]'''.  {{ListICD10Category | categoryName = Iatrogenic}}
*Some, but not all fractures fall into the category of trauma/injury.  See: [[Coding fractures in ICD10]]

Revision as of 20:43, 2017 December 3

Explanation of trauma and mechanism co-coding.

To use:

{{Trauma w mechanism}}


Combined Coding of Traumas and their Mechanisms

  • There are numerous codes for "mechanical" injuries to various body parts.
  • You can recognize these codes because their names include one or another term such as: "injury/trauma" or "traumatic".
Trauma codes:
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  • 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.
  • For these codes, it is required that the injury be combined with the external mechanism of the injury:
Mechanism codes:
Iatrogenic codes: