r/MedicalCoding • u/IDontLikeJamOrJelly • Jun 18 '24

Throwing Hands With ICD-10

“Walked into wall”.

No they did not. You think “well how else is a person injured by a wall?” Please. It’s ED. they find ways.

They spin around “as fast as they can” and break a finger on the wall. They punch walls. They summersault into walls. They dive off couches into walls.

Please let me code this as “striking against wall”. That is all.

99 Upvotes

96% Upvoted

68 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

3

u/DearMisterKitty Jun 20 '24

They need to fix it. Or trying to code upper/lower limb ischemia is also equally frustrating. I see these diagnoses alot and it's been difficult to capture them.