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CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER-SPECIFIC GUIDELINES
(ICD-10-CM CHAPTERS 11-14)
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Diseases of Digestive
System, Chapter 11
• K00-K94
• Unspecified GI hemorrhage, K92.2
• Combination codes with hemorrhage
– Example: K57.21 , Diverticulitis of large
intestine with perforation and abscess with
bleeding
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Diseases of the Skin and
Subcutaneous Tissue, Chapter
12
• L00-L99
• Also codes to report conditions of the:
– Nails
– Sweat glands
– Hair
– Hair follicles
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Infections
• Use additional code before L00 direct
coder to report the infection with B95B97
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Pressure Ulcers
• Stage I: erythema (redness) of skin
• Stage II: partial loss of skin
(epidermis or dermis)
• Stage III: full thickness loss of skin
(up to but not through fascia)
• Stage IV: full thickness loss
(extensive destruction and necrosis)
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Disease of the Musculoskeletal
System and Connective
Tissue, Chapter 13
• M00-M99
• Most codes specify:
– Site: Location on the body
– Laterality: Right, left, unilateral, bilateral
• Some codes include “multiple sites”
such as:
– M15, Polyosteoarthritis including multiple
sites
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Infectious Arthropathies
• M00-M02
• Direct infections
– Invades synovial tissue
– Invades the joint
– Invasive organism has been identified
• Indirect infections
– Reactive: Microbial infection identified but not in
joint
– Postinfective: Microbial antigen present, but not
constant and no evidence of multiplication
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Pathological Fractures
• Also known as (AKA): Spontaneous fracture
• Fracture reported in addition to underlying
condition responsible for fracture
• Never assign a code for a traumatic fracture
and pathological fracture of same bone
• 7th character indicates status, such as A for
initial
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Osteoporosis
• M80 and M81
• Systemic condition that affects bones
• Fracture sustained with trauma that would not
usually case a fracture
• Site is not a component of codes
• Category M80, Osteoporosis with current
pathological fracture
– Age and other osteoporosis codes
• Category M81, Osteoporosis without current
pathological fracture
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Conclusion
CHAPTER 11
CHAPTER-SPECIFIC GUIDELINES
(ICD-10-CM CHAPTERS 11-14)
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