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Kodex

S71.112A

initial encounter

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Hierarchy

  • S00-T88 Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)
    • S70-S79 Injuries to the hip and thigh (S70-S79)
      • S71 Open wound of hip and thigh
        • S71.1 Open wound of thigh
          • S71.11 Laceration without foreign body of thigh
            • S71.112 Laceration without foreign body, left thigh

Long Title

S71.112A

  • Laceration without foreign body, left thigh initial encounter

Notes

S00-T88

  • Use secondary code(s) from Chapter 20, External causes of morbidity, to indicate cause of injury. Codes within the T section that include the external cause do not require an additional external cause code
  • The chapter uses the S-section for coding different types of injuries related to single body regions and the T-section to cover injuries to unspecified body regions as well as poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes.

Code Also

S71

  • any associated wound infection

Use Additional

S00-T88

  • code to identify any retained foreign body, if applicable (Z18.-)
    • Z18 Retained foreign body fragments

Excludes 1

S71

  • open fracture of hip and thigh (S72.-)
    • S72 Fracture of femur
  • S78 Traumatic amputation of hip and thigh

S00-T88

  • P10-P15 Birth trauma (P10-P15)
  • obstetric trauma (O70-O71)

Excludes 2

S71

  • bite of venomous animal (T63.-)
    • T63 Toxic effect of contact with venomous animals and plants
  • S91 Open wound of ankle, foot and toes
  • S81 Open wound of knee and lower leg

S70-S79

  • T20-T32 Burns and corrosions (T20-T32)
  • T33-T34 Frostbite (T33-T34)
  • snake bite (T63.0-)
    • T63.0 Toxic effect of snake venom
  • venomous insect bite or sting (T63.4-)
    • T63.4 Toxic effect of venom of other arthropods