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== Rules for Coding Falls in ICD10 ==
== 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)]]'''
*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.
*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)]]'''.
*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)]]'''.

Revision as of 08:13, 10 October 2018

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start of a page as discussed in task meeting; if it ends up being short enough I can change it into a template and actually include it in the relevant pages if we want.

  • AG REPLY -- Tina, I think the stuff below is it. But note, as I indicated in an email I just sent you (8/28/2018) I think we should change ALL the mechanism codes from "Mechanism of injury" to "Mechanism of accident or injury".
    • That change would make these code names very long; how important is this change?
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Rules for Coding Falls in ICD10

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.

Alternate ICD10s to consider coding instead or in addition