GCS Coding
Hi everybody,
I have a question about coding the GCS. The ICD-10 guidelines say that the " GCS can be used in conjunction with traumatic brain injury code, acute cerebrovascular disease or sequelae of cerebral vascular disease codes." I have a polypharmacy overdose with a low GCS and I was wondering if it would be appropriate to assingn the GCS codes or not? Thanks!
Mandy Rogers, RN CDS
Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center
Show Low, Arizona
I have a question about coding the GCS. The ICD-10 guidelines say that the " GCS can be used in conjunction with traumatic brain injury code, acute cerebrovascular disease or sequelae of cerebral vascular disease codes." I have a polypharmacy overdose with a low GCS and I was wondering if it would be appropriate to assingn the GCS codes or not? Thanks!
Mandy Rogers, RN CDS
Summit Healthcare Regional Medical Center
Show Low, Arizona