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Nail Dx for Complicated Facial Injury Presentation

Question: What ICD-10 codes would you assign to the following case? Hx. of present illness. This is a 52-year-old man who was involved in an interpersonal altercation about 1:30 AM this morning. He was presented to the ED with complaints of pain and swelling to the right side of the face. He had been struck with the butt of a [...]
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