(854.16)

Intracranial injury of other and unspecified nature with open intracranial wound, with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration (854.16)

ICD-9 code 854.16 for Intracranial injury of other and unspecified nature with open intracranial wound, with loss of consciousness of unspecified duration is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -INTRACRANIAL INJURY, EXCLUDING THOSE WITH SKULL FRACTURE (850-854).

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Shaken Baby Syndrome

Since the 995.55 had to be reported with the acute injury code, I am assuming the original injury was in the 850-854 range. The patients current issue are all a result of the intracranial injury whic... [ Read More ]

Shaken Baby Syndrome

Thank you, I was looking at that code and since it is a late effect classifiable to injury codes 850-854 would using 909.9 late effect of other and unspecified external causes be better? I do not see... [ Read More ]

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[QUOTE="tsmiddle@nfpmedcenter.org, post: 192220, member: 124839"]Sure, some examples of dx used are: these are all billed with a LOS. 1) 854.00-BRAIN INJURY NEC [Active] 2) 435.9-UNSPECIFIED TRANSIEN... [ Read More ]

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Sure, some examples of dx used are: these are all billed with a LOS. 1) 854.00-BRAIN INJURY NEC [Active] 2) 435.9-UNSPECIFIED TRANSIENT CER [Active] 3) 345.90-UNSPECIFIED EPILEPSY WITH [Active] 4) 40... [ Read More ]

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According to Coding Clinic, Fourth Quarter 1990, page 24: Concussion/Postconcussion Syndrome A concussion (850.x-854.xx) results from a blow to the head severe enough to cause a transient or prolo... [ Read More ]

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