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🌱 Answer: ICD 10 diagnosis codes are for the burn and non-burn (TEN, Necrotizing Fasciitis, etc.) diagnoses. Concomitant Injury Diagnoses are related to all other identified injuries which occurred at the time of the burn or non-burn injury. If conditions like shock and lactic acidosis are related to the burn injury, you would enter these under the ICD 10 diagnosis codes.
🤔 Question: What are the concomitant diagnosis codes? Are they everything except the burns diagnosis?
🌱 Answer: ICD 10 Diagnosis codes are for the burn and non-burn (TEN, Necrotizing Fasciitis, etc.) diagnoses. Concomitant Injury Diagnoses are related to all other identified injuries which occurred at the time of the burn or non-burn injury. Co-morbidities are pre-existing co-morbid factors present before patient arrival at the emergency department/hospital prior to the burn or non-burn injury. Comorbidities are not included in concomitant injury tracking.
🤔 Question: Is history of revascularization/amputation for peripheral vascular disease, included for amputations or revascularizations due to diabetes?
🌱 Answer: If you are referring to this as a co-morbid condition, then it would be included if the reason for the amputation in a patient with diabetes was for a non-healing wound or there is a history of PVD as shown by abnormal ABI studies or clinical or physical exam consistent with claudication or venous stasis changes.
If an amputation occurs during the care of the burn injury, they should be included in the registry. The burn injury most likely contributed to the vascular issues that resulted in the amputation.