C-Spine Trauma+cord injury

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This page is about the pre-ICD10 diagnosis coding schema. See the ICD10 Diagnosis List, or the following for similar diagnoses in ICD10:Paraplegia or quadraplegia/tetraplegia, Spinal cord, cervical (C-spine), injury/trauma

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Category/Organ System:	Category: Trauma (old)
Type:	Medical Problem
Main Diagnosis:	C-Spine Trauma+cord injury
Sub Diagnosis:	C-SPINE TRAUMA + CORD INJURY
Diagnosis Code:	60900
Comorbid Diagnosis:	No
Charlson Comorbid coding (pre ICD10):	0
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Notes:

Please do not forget to code if patient is Post Traumatic Quadriplegia as result of the above injury. Data audit: I see a fair number of profiles codes with C_Spine with cord injury, yet quadraplegia does not show up in coding until the patient had been transferred to second or third unit. Will ask Tina if she thinks a check in ccmdb.mdb would help, so staff don't miss this. Trish Ostryzniuk 18:20, 2014 April 23 (CDT)

• would this not be considered a sequelae in most cases?
  • anyone with expertise want to advise further? Perhaps we don't need to code Quad if all C_spines with cord injury become Quads?