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Snag Summer Tick-Related Case DxsWith Insect Fast Facts

Published on Sun Jun 28, 2009

Injury code hinges on your venomous, nonvenomous savvy -- and more. Think a tick is venomous? That error will land you with the wrong ICD-9 code(s). Get the scoop you need to land all possible diagnoses for a tick removal or tick bite codes with this guide. GoWith 910-919 for Nonvenomous Bite To support a tick bite or tick removal E/M or foreign body removal (FBR), the first diagnosis code youll need is the injury code. What caused the injury that requires care? A bite. In the ICD-9-CM index, if you look up bite: insect, youre faced with a dilemma. Is a tick venomous or nonvenomous? Ticks can infect you but they dont have venom like an ant mite, notes Jeffrey F. Linzer Sr., MD, MICP, FAAP, FACEP, associate medical director of compliance and business affairs for the division of pediatric emergency medicine, Department of Pediatrics at Childrens Healthcare of Atlanta [...]
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