A man was using a ladder to clean out his gutters at home. He fell off the ladder and landed in the shrubs below. He received many scratches and bruises along with a dislocated shoulder. He was treated and released from the ER the same day. How many E codes would be assigned to this chart?

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The E codes are used to describe external causes of injury, so in this case, we would need to assign two E codes. One for the fall from the ladder (E880-E888) and one for the landing in the shrubs (E810-E819).

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