by Dianna Foley, RHIA, CHPS, CCS, CDIP
Test your ICD-10-CM injury and external cause knowledge by coding the scenarios below.
August arrived with heat, humidity, and one last burst of summer activities before school started. Naturally, the Klutz children tried to squeeze in as much chaos as possible.
Little Dana spent the afternoon at the county fair petting every animal she could find. By the next day, she had developed fever, abdominal cramping, and diarrhea. After a visit to the pediatrician, she was diagnosed with salmonella enteritis, likely related to contact with the animals or something she sampled at the fair.
Peter decided that flip-flops were appropriate footwear for a bike ride. They were not. He wasn’t out of the driveway before his foot slipped off the pedal, and he sustained a deep abrasion to the top of his right foot when the pedal came around and struck his foot.
Egon took on the job of mowing the lawn at his family’s house after football practice. He became dizzy, weak, and nauseated in the late summer heat and was treated for heat exhaustion.
Raymond was helping clean out the family’s garage when he accidentally sprayed insect pesticide into his left eye. His parents flushed the eye immediately, and urgent care diagnosed chemical conjunctivitis.
Janine joined friends for a late-summer hike in the nearby forest and came home with an itchy, expanding rash on her leg after brushing through tall grass. The provider diagnosed allergic contact dermatitis due to poison ivy.
Mr. and Mrs. Klutz decided August might be the perfect month to invest in bubble wrap.
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