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=== Traumas and their Mechanisms ===
=== Traumas and their Mechanisms ===
*There are numerous codes for "mechanical" injuries to various body parts.  
*In ICD10, traumas need to be combined with separate mechanism codes to fully explain the situation.
**You can recognize these codes because their names include one or another term such as: "injury/trauma" or "traumatic".
 
*Here are lists of the codes for "mechanical" injuries to various body parts:  
** some codes are always traumatic and always need a mechanism:  
{{ListICD10Category | categoryName = Trauma}}
{{ListICD10Category | categoryName = Trauma}}
** Additionally, there are dx codes that might or might not be of a traumatic nature; these also qualify to be coded with trauma mechanisms listed below:  
:* Other codes may or may not be of a traumatic nature; these also qualify to be coded with trauma mechanisms listed below:  
{{ListICD10Category | categoryName = Category:Potential trauma}}
{{ListICD10Category | categoryName = Category:Potential 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.
 
*For these codes, it is required that the injury be combined with the external mechanism of the injury:
*Here is a list of the external mechanism or agent that caused the trauma:  
{{ListICD10Category | categoryName = Mechanism}}
{{ListICD10Category | categoryName = Mechanism}}



Revision as of 12:24, 2019 September 11

Explanation of trauma and mechanism co-coding.



Traumas and their Mechanisms

  • In ICD10, traumas need to be combined with separate mechanism codes to fully explain the situation.
  • Here are lists of the codes for "mechanical" injuries to various body parts:
    • some codes are always traumatic and always need a mechanism:
Trauma codes:
... further results
  • Other codes may or may not be of a traumatic nature; these also qualify to be coded with trauma mechanisms listed below:
Category:Potential trauma codes:
  • Here is a list of the external mechanism or agent that caused the trauma:
Mechanism codes:

Regarding Multiple Trauma