Injury by scald undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted (E988.2)
ICD-9 code E988.2 for Injury by scald undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range -INJURY UNDETERMINED WHETHER ACCIDENTALLY OR PURPOSELY INFLICTED (E980-E989).
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Is it stated as just foot pain? If so then an E code will not be needed. For an injury I would code : E988.8. E906.8 reads injury by animal. The dog didn't cause their injury.. it's more self inflicte... [ Read More ]
Thank you both for your answers. I think I will go with E988.8. I'm still not sure on E917.9, but I wasn't sure on that one before. I may be reading way to much into it, but I am very curious about th... [ Read More ]
Would like opinions on what would be appropriate E code for angioedema (995.1), or if it is an exception and does not require one. Have considered E928.0 and E988.9 as I code for emergency ambulance ... [ Read More ]
I'm coming up with 443.9 but I don't like it based on your scenario.
This may be a bit off but 991.8 and E988.3 seem more appropriate to me.
Laura, CPC, CEMC... [ Read More ]
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We use E codes here where I am at but.... when I first started the data entry girl was told to use the E988.9 - unknown accident whenever the softwear prompted her to use an E code, sh... [ Read More ]