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