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Patient was involved in an automobile accident where he was the unrestrained driver of a vehicle hit by another car on a major street.
E812.0 OR E813.0
E849.5 Place of occurrence... [ Read More ]
[b]Case #8 Winner, Answer Key, & Rationale[/b]
Ramesh D. is the winner of case #8. See below for the answer key and rationale.
[B]ANSWER KEY[/B]
CPT: 99283, 29515
CPT Modifiers: 25
ICD-9: 845.00, E0... [ Read More ]
[QUOTE="MxTej94, post: 330171, member: 269639"]How about looking under "Jammed" between moving objects? E918 includes being jammed/crushed or pinched in between moving/stationary objects such as a [I]... [ Read More ]
How about looking under "Jammed" between moving objects? E918 includes being jammed/crushed or pinched in between moving/stationary objects such as a [I]sliding door and door frame[/I]? And being "jam... [ Read More ]
[b]Thank you sooo much, I have another...[/b]
Thank you so much!
Just one more question----. What if someone who works for parking lot injured? what can be the right Ecode...?
E849.3 doesn't have "P... [ Read More ]
E849.3 this is code for industrial place or premises means person who is working at that place got injured. e.g Garage This is a place where person injured is working.
E 849.8 code for other spec... [ Read More ]
Hi! I have some questions about E code.
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a current coder told me that garage(place of work) in E849.3 means "parking lot and it is used when patient is working there as a job".
If so, what is di... [ Read More ]
You are correct E000.2 - Volunteer Activity describes an activity performed directly related to volunteer work and not off-duty activities.
You are also correct in that "Pt jumped over drainage ditch... [ Read More ]
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Will someone please confirm how I am coding? I seem to have stirred up a hornets nest and want to make sure before "going to war," that I am correct or do I need to surrender. I have two q... [ Read More ]