Wiki Active Treatment - ICD 10

[LLRodgers]

Hello,

Can anyone tell me what is considered "Active Treatment"?

In ICD 10 - Initial Encounter - A is used while the patient is receiving active treatment and D - is used after the patient has received active treatment and is receiving routine care for a condition during the healing or recovery period.

Does this mean that the physician has to do something to that injury like inject it or dress a wound etc. Is ordering a brace or having the patient wear a walking boot considered active treatment?

Any help is very much appreciated.

Thank you,
LLR

 

[mitchellde]

The active treatment is the treatment to the actual injury to restore or put it in a healing status. Dressing the wound after stitches are inserted is subsequent, to order a brace after treatment has been rendered is subsequent.