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Don't Get Broken Up Over Pathologic Fracture Coding

Published on Thu Mar 17, 2016

Start by determining whether it’s traumatic or pathologic. Fracture coding can be one of the most complex areas of ICD-10, but that doesn’t mean it has to break your streak of successful claims. Start by understanding the type of fracture you’re reporting, and then move to the specifics of code selection. Definition: A fracture is either traumatic or pathologic. A [...]
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