Wiki Pain vs Injury primary dx code

[smorgan417]

Good day! I have gotten myself confused. If a pt is having a knee xray for knee injury, knee pain - the report is negative. Do you code the pain as primary and the injury as secondary dx? Or what is the proper way to apply the dx codes? Thanks!

 

[tag60]

I would code only the knee injury, as the knee pain is a symptom of the injury (is implicit in the diagnosis of knee injury).

 

[shakirkhan23ghs]

we would code according to condition

 

[LisaAlonso23]

You need to follow the ICD-10 guidelines.