Why Black Friday was a Big Day for ICD10 Coding!

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by CARL NATALENOV 28, 2016 - 06:00 AM

  

After processing the Thanksgiving Day calamities, it would be nice to get a break. Except Black Friday isn't known as a day of recuperation.

The good news is that most of the possible diagnoses will come from one section of the ICD-10-CM code set. The bad news is this:

• R46.1 - Bizarre personal appearance (just saying)
• W03.xx - Other fall on same level due to collision with another person (Please, watch where you're going)
• W10.0XXA - Fall on/from escalator, initial encounter (What happens on the escalator doesn't always stay on the escalator)
• W21.01 - Lack of adequate sleep (After a day of giving thanks, who got enough rest to get the best Black Friday deals?)
• W50.3XXA, Y92.512 and Y99.0 - Clerk accidentally bit by another human while at work (It's a jungle out there.)
• W51.XXXA - Accidental striking against or bumped into by another person, initial encounter (Which can cause the W03.xx.)
• W52.XXXA - Crushed, pushed or stepped on by crowd or human stampede, initial encounter (That mad rush when doors open at midnight.)
• Y04.0xxA - Assault by unarmed brawl or fight (Deep discounted appliances bring out the worst in us.)

After all of that, it seems like the safest strategy is to avoid the crowds and do the shopping online. But there's always G56.00 (carpal tunnel syndrome).