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Don’t Let Payer Poke Holes in Your Puncture Wound Dx

Published on Tue Mar 14, 2023

Question: Encounter notes indicate the ED physician treated a patient with a puncture wound in their cheek/ temporomandibular area. How should I choose an ICD-10 code for this injury? Texas Subscriber Answer: You’ll need to find out whether the wound contained a foreign body and, if possible, the laterality of the injury. Go back to the notes and check on both of [...]
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