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Explanation of trauma and mechanism co-coding.  
Explanation of trauma and mechanism co-coding.  
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Explanation of trauma and mechanism co-coding.



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:

Cross Checks

See Check Mechanism vs related codes