ABSTRACT
Acute traumatic versus chronic or recurrent musculoskeletal conditions. Many musculoskeletal conditions are a result of previous injury or trauma to a site, or are recurrent conditions. "Cumulative Trauma" in Worker's Compensation involves an "acute" and current condition that has evolved over a period of time. Compensable Consequences can be present in both Worker's Compensation and Personal Injury, where as Cumulative Trauma is a Worker's Compensation term. Some providers may have trouble distinguishing between Compensable Consequences and Cumulative Trauma. M18.31 Unilateral post-traumatic osteoarthritis of first metacarpal joint, right hand. S62.201S Unspecified fracture of first metacarpal bone, right hand. "M18.11 Unilateral primary osteoarthritis of first metacarpal joint, right hand", as it does not indicate that it is posttraumatic. The term post-traumatic in M18.31 is indicative of an external (work related) injury. Compensable consequence codes in International Classification of Diseases, 10th Revision (ICD-10) may be codes from Non-Injury sections of ICD-10.
