Home Health ICD-9/ICD-10 Alert
READER QUESTIONS:
Therapy or Aftercare for a Broken Ankle?
Published on Fri Feb 20, 2009 
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Answer: Because the patient is receiving therapy only, the correct primary code is V57.1. List the V54.19 (Aftercare for traumatic fracture of other bone) code as a secondary diagnosis because it is the underlying condition for the therapy. Then, place the acute fracture code in M0246 across from V54.19.
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