Exam 24: Injury, Poisoning, and Certain Other Consequences of External Causes

Assign a separate code for each injury unless a combination code is provided.

This patient is seen in follow-up for frostbite with tissue necrosis of the thorax. This would be reported with code _____.

Within Chapter 19 of ICD-10-CM, injuries are coded according to the type of injury and then the location of the injury.

Penetrating wound of right eyeball, initial care, is reported with code ____________________.

Hematoma of the oral cavity, subsequent care, is reported with code ____________________.

The S00-S09 code block reports injuries to the throat.

The diagnostic code reported for the initial care for a puncture wound with foreign body of the left forearm is reported with code ____________________.

Superficial injuries, such as an abrasion, are not coded when associated with more severe injuries of the same site.

The initial care for an injury of the fifth cranial nerve is reported with code ____________________.

Which of the following is not an example of active treatment for traumatic fractures?