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Fracture Care Coding:

Close Knowledge Gap to Master These Closed Fracture Treatments

Published on Tue Jun 11, 2024

Some ED fractures require manipulation; others don’t. Two common fracture presentations in the ED are distal radius and ankle. When a patient reports to the ED with one of these fractures, the ED physician is almost certain to be the first doctor to see them. When this occurs, the ED physician will either treat the patient’s fracture or send them [...]
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