ED Coding and Reimbursement Alert

Question: Encounter notes indicate that a patient suffers from a crushing injury of the head. What is the correct ICD-10 code for this condition?

Kentucky Subscriber

Answer: It depends on the area of the head that was injured. Go back and check the notes against these four diagnosis codes; then, choose the one that is most appropriate for the patient:

• S07.0XXA (Crushing injury of face, initial encounter)
• S07.1XXA (Crushing injury of skull, initial encounter)
• S07.8XXA (Crushing injury of other parts of head, initial encounter)
• S07.9XXA (Crushing injury of head, part unspecified, initial encounter).