Pedestrian on foot injured in collision w skateboarder, subs

This code signifies an injury sustained by a pedestrian who was struck by a skateboarder, and the patient is presenting for follow-up care, treatment of complications, or rehabilitation related to that initial incident. It indicates that the initial injury has already been documented and this encounter is for ongoing management.

Apply this code for any subsequent visit where a pedestrian, previously injured by a skateboarder, receives medical attention for the same injury. This includes appointments for wound checks, cast changes, physical therapy, or evaluation of persistent symptoms or complications arising from the original collision.

• Ensure the initial encounter for this injury was appropriately coded with the corresponding initial encounter (A) or subsequent encounter (D) if the initial encounter was not the first time the patient was seen for this injury.
• Always sequence this external cause code after the primary diagnosis code(s) describing the specific injury(ies) sustained.
• Verify documentation clearly indicates the patient is a pedestrian and the mechanism of injury was a collision with a skateboarder.