Major contusion of right kidney, sequela

This code signifies a significant bruise or bleeding within the right kidney, resulting from a past injury. It indicates that the initial traumatic event has resolved, but the patient is now experiencing a long-term consequence or complication directly attributable to that major renal contusion.

Apply this code when documenting a current condition that is a residual effect of a previously sustained major contusion to the right kidney. This would be used for follow-up encounters where the sequela of the original injury is being treated or evaluated, rather than the acute injury itself.

• Always assign a sequela code for conditions that are late effects of an injury, even if the original injury code is no longer applicable.
• Do not use this code for the initial acute injury; a different code would be assigned for the active major contusion.
• Consider if an external cause code (V, W, X, Y codes) is also appropriate to provide additional context about the original injury event.