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Decoding I-10 Dilemmas

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Tuesday, January 5, 2016

 | RAC Information 
 | FAQ 

Dilemma:


What Place of Occurrence code is assigned for an injury that occurred in the backyard of the patient’s home?

 

Solution:


Use Y92.096, Garden or Yard of Other Non-Institutional Residence as the Place of Occurrence of the External Cause. There are more options now for home as the Place of Occurrence in I-10, such as, House, Single Family. However as a reminder, these specific sites must be documented in order for that code to be assigned. Do not assume the home to be a single-family house.

Resource: AHA ICD-10 Coding Handbook, TruCode Encoder

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