Inhalation and ingestion of food causing obstruction of respiratory tract or suffocation (E911)
ICD-9 code E911 for Inhalation and ingestion of food causing obstruction of respiratory tract or suffocation is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY SUBMERSION, SUFFOCATION, AND FOREIGN BODIES (E910-E915).
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Yes I have received a denial from one of our clearinghouses for that before. Check out the E911 or the E912 accident code depending on if it is food or something else. Depending on your software you m... [ Read More ]
933.0 & E915 ???
Foreign body was the only thing I could come up.....
I went to E911 at first but under the excludes note, it sent me to E915... [ Read More ]