While most of us still put our bird in the oven on Thanksgiving, Dennis decided to try something different. He went for the deep fried turkey. Not such a good choice as it turns out.
Dennis claims that when he attempted to put his Butterball turkey into the hot oil, the bird jumped out, splattering the aforementioned oil in its wake. As a result, Dennis suffered second degree burns to his arm, side of his neck, and side of his face.
Dr. Gobbler documents the following:
36-year-old male patient presents with second degree burns to left forearm, left neck area, and left check ?patient suffered third degree burns to left index and middle fingers ? initial encounter ? patient accidentally burned by cooking oil while attempting to deep fry turkey outside on patio of single-family residence ? patient suffered no additional injuries.
ICD-10-CM codes do not specify the size of the burn, just the degree. And some of the codes include multiple areas. So even though Dr. Gobbler documented burns on five sites, we only need the following three codes:
T23.242A, burn of second degree of multiple left fingers (nail), including thumb, initial encounter
T22.212A, burn of second degree of left forearm, initial encounter
T20.29XA, burn of second degree of multiple sites of head, face, and neck
The burn codes all feature the following note:
Use additional external cause code to identify the source, place and intent of the burn (X00-X19, X75-X77, X96-X98, Y92)
So we need to add:
X10.2XXA, contact with fats and cooking oils, initial encounter
Y92.018, other place in single-family (private) house as the place of occurrence of the external cause
Y93.G3, activity, cooking and baking
Since Dennis? burns were accidentally self-inflicted, we don?t need an assault code (X96-X98) or an intentional self-harm code (X75-X77).
The bird did not get far however. Dennis? wife found it ?hiding? on the roof of the garage. She decided to dump Dennis at Fix ?Em Up Clinic and head for a restaurant for dinner.
- See more at:
http://blogs.hcpro.com/icd-10/2012/11/icd-10-coding-for-thanksgiving-mishaps/#sthash.7h76R0PV.dpuf
