[Histonet] Histonet Digest, Vol 161, Issue 24 ICD10

[Steve McClain]

1 Google it or look it up 
Or
2 use an allpurpose icd10 as a placeholder, e.g. For skin one can use r23.8 other skin changes, unless you can find an icd10 for "no icd10".
3 feeling bold-
use V91.07XA (burn due to water skis) or V96.00XS, which outlines an unspecified balloon accident injuring occupant.

Steve A. McClain, MD

> On Apr 25, 2017, at 13:21, "histonet-request at lists.utsouthwestern.edu" <histonet-request at lists.utsouthwestern.edu> wrote:
> 
> What do you do when you receive a pathology consult and it is missing an ICD-10 code?  I am being told that we cannot accession it until we get a code from the submitting doctor's office, and that we cannot add one.  Thank you.
> 
> Richard
> 
> Richard W. Cartun, MS, PhD