Struck by tennis racquet, sequela

This code describes an injury sustained from being struck by a tennis racquet, specifically for conditions that are a direct result of the initial injury but are manifesting at a later encounter. It signifies that the patient is presenting for follow-up care or treatment of a complication related to this specific mechanism of injury.

Use this code when a patient presents with a sequela (e.g., chronic pain, nonunion, malunion, scar formation, nerve damage) resulting from being struck by a tennis racquet. This code is appropriate for encounters after the initial acute injury has been treated and the patient is no longer in the active healing phase of the initial trauma.

• Always assign an additional code for the specific nature of the sequela (e.g., fracture nonunion, chronic pain).
• Ensure the encounter is for a condition directly attributable to the original injury, not a new injury.
• Verify that the encounter is not for the initial treatment of the acute injury, which would require an acute injury code.