• Does specificity require more than one code? Despite the fact that we make broad statements about not allowing or limiting the use of unspecified codes, we first need to understand what the concept of “unspecified” means in ICD-10. ...
S02.10XAUnspecified fracture of base of skull, initial encounter for closed fracture S02.10XBUnspecified fracture of base of skull, initial encounter for open fracture S02.10XDUnspecified fracture of base of skull, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing ...
The ICD-10-CM codes proposed by CDC to identify TBI were: S02.0, S02.1- (fracture of skull), S02.8 (Fracture of other specified skull and fracture bones), S02.91 (unspecified frac- ture of skull), S04.02, S04.03-, S04.04- (injury to optic chi- asm; optic tract and pathways; ...