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OB Lacerations

  • 1.  OB Lacerations

    Posted 02-07-2019 10:32

    Does your facility report an OB laceration as a secondary diagnosis if there was not a repair?  The Official Coding Guidelines and Coding Clinic do not address this scenario.
    Thanks in advance!



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    Jennifer Ritter, BS, RHIT, CCS
    Coding Manager/Educator
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  • 2.  RE: OB Lacerations

    Posted 02-08-2019 09:45
    Good question.  I code it as a diagnosis but not a procedure.  Physician does document, usually a 1st degree not bleeding laceration.

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    Nelda Laskey RHIT
    Coder/RAC Coordinator
    Kearny County Hospital
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  • 3.  RE: OB Lacerations

    Posted 02-10-2019 20:22
    I code OB lacerations even if they don't require repair because I feel that any skin opening, however minor, is going to be somewhat monitored in a hospital.  I do not, however, code abrasions.

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    Alicia Kellogg, RHIT
    Inpatient Coder
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