In simple words: This code means that the injury or accident happened at someone's home, not in a hospital or other institution.It's used along with a code that describes the injury itself.

This code specifies that the injury or adverse event occurred in a non-institutional private residence.It is used as a supplementary code, in conjunction with a code indicating the nature of the injury or condition from another chapter (most often Chapter 19, Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes (S00-T88)).It should only be recorded at the initial encounter for treatment.This code excludes injuries occurring in abandoned or derelict houses (Y92.89), homes under construction (Y92.6-), or institutional places of residence (Y92.1-).

Example 1: A patient is brought to the emergency room after falling down the stairs at home, sustaining a fractured wrist.Y92.0 would be used in addition to the code describing the fracture (e.g., S27.00XA)., A child is treated for a burn injury sustained from a kitchen accident at home. The code Y92.0 would be used along with the appropriate burn injury code., An elderly patient is seen for a laceration received from a fall at home.Y92.0 is used supplementary to a code that specifies the nature and location of the laceration.

Documentation should include details of the incident, the location of the incident as being a private residence, the nature of the injury or illness, and the treatment provided.The medical record must support the use of both the injury/illness code and the place of occurrence code Y92.0.

** This is a supplementary code and should not be used as the sole code for billing or reimbursement.Always cross-reference with the primary diagnosis or procedure code.