Author Question: Select an ICD-9-CM code for orbital floor blowout fracture.[br][br][b][color=#566D7E]Question ... (Read 78 times)

LCritchfi · **on:** Jun 27, 2018

Select an ICD-9-CM code for orbital floor blowout fracture.

Question 2

Describe the three rules used in the ICD-9-CM when reporting E codes.

courtney_bruh · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 27, 2018

Answer to Question 1

802.6

Answer to Question 2

1. E codes are supplemental codes and are never reported without a code from the main classification.
2. The letter E must always be reported in addition to the numerical characters.
3. The diagnosis being coded with the E code is reported first.