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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)]]'''. |
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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).