Anesthesia Coding Alert

ICD-10 Training:

FBR With Puncture Wound Will Focus on Affected Eye

New diagnoses won’t be built around whether metal is present.  Your anesthesiologist is present during surgery to remove a foreign body that punctured a child’s eye. Start by checking the surgeon’s record to verify whether the puncture wound was metallic, and you’ll be on your way to selecting the correct diagnosis.  ICD-9 options: If the wound does include magnetic fragments, [...]
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