I would require ICD-10-CM clarification for External cause coding. The Nephrologist visits CKD patient in inpatient hospital who was admitted for femur fracture. The fracture occurred due to fall.

We are coding CKD codes with injury and external cause codes. I am not sure if we can code initial external cause codes for Nephrologist. The nephrologist is not involved in ortho treatment, should we code external cause codes for consultation services other than ortho/injury services?. Do we have any guidelines for this?

Regards,
SG