In: Nursing
Harrison Richmond at my 27 year old male is seen in
the emergency room for a sprain back (coccyx)suffered as a result
of falling off a horse he was riding in the local public
park.
Principal Diagnosis:
What is the correct diagnosis code?
Principal External Cause Code:
What is the correct diagnosis code?
Second External Code:
What is the correct diagnosis code?
ANSWER.
* ICD-10-CM (Diagnosis and external cause codes).
Principle diagnosis ; Sprain of coccyx.
Diagnosis codes
* S33.8XXA - Sprain of other parts of lumbar spine and pelvis,initial encounter.
Primary external cause code.
* V80.010A - Animal rider injured by fall from or being thrown from
horse in noncollision accident,initial encounter.
Secondary external cause code.
* Y92.830 - Public park as the place of occurance of the external cause.