I found it very difficult to find a code for "mosh" or "mosh pit" so I am hoping that I did this correctly. I chose to code it this way:
S00.83xxA Contusion of other part of head
S20.21xxA Contusion of front wall of thorax
S40.021xA Contusion of right upper arm
S40.022xA Contusion of left upper arm
W52.xxxxA Crushed, pushed or stepped on by crowd or human stampede
Y93.41 Activity, dancing (all types)
By using these codes, I first read the Official Guidelines for Chapter 19 Injury, Poisoning, and other Consequences of External Causes. In these guidelines, in section a. Application of 7th Characters in Chapter 19, most categories do require a 7th character, except fractures, which are: A, initial encounter, D, subsequent encounter and S, sequela. In subsection b. Coding of injuries, it states to assign separate codes for each injury unless there is a combination code to use instead. It also tells us that the code for the most serious injury that is …show more content…
In these official guidelines, I read that these codes should never be sequenced as the first- listed diagnosis. The external codes are to provide information for injury research and evaluation of injury prevention strategies. They capture how the injury happened, the intent, the place where the event occurred the activity of the patient at the time of the event, and the person's status. You can assign as many external cause codes as necessary to fully explain each cause. This is where I decided to use the code W52.xxxxA Crushed, pushed or stepped on by crowd or human stampede. I chose this because there is not a code for a mosh pit. In subsection c. Activity Code, the code is used to describe the activity of the patient at the time the injury occurred. This is where I found the code Y93.41 dancing. Which I chose because "mosh" is not listed as an activity. It is actually considered a type of
S00.83xxA Contusion of other part of head
S20.21xxA Contusion of front wall of thorax
S40.021xA Contusion of right upper arm
S40.022xA Contusion of left upper arm
W52.xxxxA Crushed, pushed or stepped on by crowd or human stampede
Y93.41 Activity, dancing (all types)
By using these codes, I first read the Official Guidelines for Chapter 19 Injury, Poisoning, and other Consequences of External Causes. In these guidelines, in section a. Application of 7th Characters in Chapter 19, most categories do require a 7th character, except fractures, which are: A, initial encounter, D, subsequent encounter and S, sequela. In subsection b. Coding of injuries, it states to assign separate codes for each injury unless there is a combination code to use instead. It also tells us that the code for the most serious injury that is …show more content…
In these official guidelines, I read that these codes should never be sequenced as the first- listed diagnosis. The external codes are to provide information for injury research and evaluation of injury prevention strategies. They capture how the injury happened, the intent, the place where the event occurred the activity of the patient at the time of the event, and the person's status. You can assign as many external cause codes as necessary to fully explain each cause. This is where I decided to use the code W52.xxxxA Crushed, pushed or stepped on by crowd or human stampede. I chose this because there is not a code for a mosh pit. In subsection c. Activity Code, the code is used to describe the activity of the patient at the time the injury occurred. This is where I found the code Y93.41 dancing. Which I chose because "mosh" is not listed as an activity. It is actually considered a type of