A: 411000.2 breast avulsion female, 410102.2 pectoral muscle laceration, 422008.3 transected mammary artery with > 20% blood loss
Q: Female farm worker got the front of her jacket caught in a piece of farm machinery with complete avulsion of her R chest including the pectoralis muscle down to the exterior ribs from just below her clavicle to the level of last rib, no rib fractures evident but over 2000cc blood loss from transected mammary artery. Please code these injuries.
Oct 1, 2012 | Spine | 0 comments