External_Cause_Codes_HI255_Medical_Coding_Unit_8_Discussion.docx External Cause Codes HI255 Medical Coding Unit 8 Discussion External Cause Codes HI255 Medical Coding Unit 8 Discussion This discussion was a lot of
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External_Cause_Codes_HI255_Medical_Coding_Unit_8_Discussion.docx External Cause Codes HI255 Medical Coding Unit 8 Discussion External Cause Codes HI255 Medical Coding Unit 8 Discussion This discussion was a lot of fun for me. I want to think that I came up with some good external cause code scenarios. The first one; your mowing the lawn, and the blade gets stuck and stops, so you look under and try to start the blade with your hand, and then it start again before you can take your hand away. Oops, you lost a finger. Code S0541XA Contact with power lawnmower; initial encounter. Its hard for me to describe this one, so imagine youre a male and you masturbating in a cup, you finish, but your penis is stuck, you cant get it out, ha-ha—code W28.XXXA Penis stuck in a cup. Or it just constricted in something—Code S30.842A External constriction of penis, initial encounter. You men and boys can get your penises in some pretty odd scenarios. When I was a kid, I one time put a macaroni and cheese noodle up my nose; my cousins dared me to do it. My aunt came over and removed it from my nose. If she had not, I would have gone to the hospital, and they would have removed it. This would have been the code. Code T17.1XXA Foreign body in nostril, initial encounter. Imagine you are going some handyperson projects around your house, and you accidentally nail your hand to aboard. Code W45.0XXS Nail entering through skin, sequela.  Reference Safian, S. (2020). Let's Code It! 2019-2020 Code Edition. [Purdue University Global Bookshelf]. Retri. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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