ICD-10:
Start Watching Shoulders for Non-Traumatic Rotator Cuff Tears
Published on Fri Mar 15, 2013
You’ll need that extra ‘location’ detail for ICD-10 coding. When your anesthesiologist is involved in the repair of non-traumatic rotator cuff tears, you’ll need to answer two specific questions beginning in 2014: Which shoulder was involved? Was the tear partial or complete? Examine What Muscles Constitute the Rotator Cuff The rotator cuff, formed by 4 muscles (Supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, [...]
