ABSTRACT
This chapter introduces physicians to a Six-Category System of coding. International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) was not designed with the United States reimbursement system in mind. Issues and incompatibilities could occur with the reimbursement system, particularly for Worker's Compensation and Personal Injury. The chapter provides the Seven-Step Process to help physician work through injury coding. Injury coding is completely different from Non-Injury coding. There are many more decisions that need to be made in regard to Worker's Compensation and Personal Injury. The standard code that physicians would use, for example with Medicare health conditions, may not be an injury code, and could cause havoc in the Worker's Compensation and Personal Injury arena. External Cause of Morbidity codes are intended to provide data for injury research and evaluation of injury prevention strategies. In Worker's Compensation cases and Personal Injury cases, the place of occurrence is always relevant.
