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FAQ: Place of Occurrence and Activity Codes
Published on
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Question
What code do we assign when the Place of Occurrence or the Activity the patient was doing when an injury occurred is not documented?
Answer
Per the 2023 Coding Guidelines, Y92.9, Place of Occurrence or Not Applicable and Y93.9, Unspecified Activity, are not to be assigned when the information is not documented.
References
Coding Guidelines for Place of Occurrence, 2023
Coding Guidelines for Activity Code, 2023
Article Author: Anita Meyers, RHIT, CCS
Anita Meyers, RHIT, CCS, is an Inpatient Coding Professional at Medical Management Plus. Anita has over twenty-six years of experience in inpatient and outpatient coding including 17 years of work at AQAF reviewing inpatient and outpatient records from Alabama hospitals. In addition to reviewing records she was the team leader in Beneficiary Services where she participated in case review activities, received and processed beneficiary complaints and handled fee-for-service denials for home health, hospice and skilled nursing facility services. Prior to joining the MMP team, Anita left AQAF to become an inpatient contract coder and worked at various hospitals in central Alabama. In her current position, Anita is an integral part of the Inpatient Services at Medical Management Plus.
This material was compiled to share information. MMP, Inc. is not offering legal advice. Every reasonable effort has been taken to ensure the information is accurate and useful.
