ICD-10 Coding/External Causes of Morbidity

This lesson introduces ICD-10-CM External Causes of Morbidity.

Objectives and Skills
Objectives and skills for this lesson include:


 * 1) Correctly apply ICD-10-CM coding guidelines for accurate selection and sequencing of external causes of morbidity codes

ICD-10-CM Official Guidelines for Coding and Reporting FY2019
Chapter 20 specific guidelines can be found on pages 85-91 of this document

Part 1: Diagnoses
Chapter 20 Guidelines with Clinical Scenarios

Slideshare Presentation

CG I.C.20 Chapter 20: External Causes of Morbidity (V00-Y99)
Chapter 20 Introduction Video

CG I.C.20.a.1) Used with any code in the range of A00.0-T88.9 Z00-Z99
I.C.20.a.1) Video

External cause code used for length of treatment
I.C.20.a.2) Video

CG I.C.20.a.3) Use the full range of external cause codes
I.C.20.a.3) Video

CG I.C.20.a.4) Assign as many external cause codes as necessary
I.C.20.a.4) Video

CG I.C.20.a.5) The selection of the appropriate external cause code
I.C.20.a.5) and I.C.20.a.6) Video

CG I.C.20.a.6) External cause code can never be a principal diagnosis
I.C.20.a.5) and I.C.20.a.6) Video