A: Asphyxia, although a sequelae of injury, is codeable when it is the direct result of the trauma. The code is found in the external and other trauma chapter of the dictionary. Code: 020002.3 and assign to the head body region for ISS.
Q: The patients arrives after a MVC in which their chest and neck were pinned between the seat and the steering wheel for a period of time; After all the scans are complete, a diagnosis of asphyxia from loss of airway while trapped is given. At 24 hours, she is awake and alert with no neurologic deficits. How would you code this injury? To what ISS body region is this severity assigned?
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