Late effects of injury purposely inflicted by other person (E969)
ICD-9 code E969 for Late effects of injury purposely inflicted by other person is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -HOMICIDE AND INJURY PURPOSELY INFLICTED BY OTHER PERSONS (E960-E969).
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You would use the scar dx code with the late effect code possibly a 906.0 code along with the late effect of assault E969. This will tell the payer that this was all due to an assault. Also the pati... [ Read More ]