Ped on foot injured in collision w skateboarder, sequela

This code describes a long-term health condition or complication arising from an injury sustained by a pedestrian who was struck by a skateboarder. It indicates that the current patient encounter is for the management of these residual effects, rather than the initial acute injury.

This code is appropriate for encounters where a patient is being treated for chronic pain, functional limitations, scarring, or other lasting sequelae directly attributable to a past collision with a skateboarder while the patient was a pedestrian. It should be used when the acute phase of the original injury has passed.

• Always use this code as a secondary diagnosis, following the code for the specific sequela being treated (e.g., chronic pain, scar, nonunion).
• Ensure documentation clearly links the current condition to the past pedestrian-skateboarder collision.
• Do not use for the initial acute injury; refer to the appropriate acute injury codes for that phase of care.