ICD-10:
Follow These 'Code Also' Guidelines When Reporting Burns
Published on Thu Dec 24, 2015
Remember: These ‘x’ characters are merely placeholders. When reporting burns in ICD-10, your reporting the diagnosis is very similar to how you would report it under ICD-9. However, you will need to specifically identify the cause of the burn with an additional code in ICD-10. You will also need to report a 7th character to identify the patient’s encounter with [...]