RE: 2nd request: Traumatic infected wound. I have to get PA with Insurance.
Hi Dorothy.
The code T14.8= other injury of unspecified body region and L08.9= Local infection of the skin and subcut unspecified are not codes I would use.
You need more specific information in order to code your scenario such as where the injury is and what type of injury it is. The L-code is not used for a wound infection. Those codes are found in the B-codes.
Nancy Wolverton RN, CCM, HCS-D-10
Utilization Review Specialist
Kindred at Home
Little Rock, Arkansas
501-508-8526 (o)
501-690-2027 (c)
Nancy.Wolverton@kindred.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Dorothy Schulte [mailto:dorothy.schulte@att.net]
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2017 1:40 PM
To: HomeCareCoding-L
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [homecarecoding-l] 2nd request: Traumatic infected wound. I have to get PA with Insurance.
Patient has a traumatic infected wound and is on oral antibiotics? I was told the correct codes are T14.8 followed by L08.9.
Please guide me.
Thanks,
Dorothy
The code T14.8= other injury of unspecified body region and L08.9= Local infection of the skin and subcut unspecified are not codes I would use.
You need more specific information in order to code your scenario such as where the injury is and what type of injury it is. The L-code is not used for a wound infection. Those codes are found in the B-codes.
Nancy Wolverton RN, CCM, HCS-D-10
Utilization Review Specialist
Kindred at Home
Little Rock, Arkansas
501-508-8526 (o)
501-690-2027 (c)
Nancy.Wolverton@kindred.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Dorothy Schulte [mailto:dorothy.schulte@att.net]
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2017 1:40 PM
To: HomeCareCoding-L
Subject: [EXTERNAL] [homecarecoding-l] 2nd request: Traumatic infected wound. I have to get PA with Insurance.
Patient has a traumatic infected wound and is on oral antibiotics? I was told the correct codes are T14.8 followed by L08.9.
Please guide me.
Thanks,
Dorothy