Orthopedics In-Depth:
Justify Your Choice of Jones Fracture Code in ICD-10
Published on Thu Jan 03, 2013
Confirm side of foot and displacement of fracture. ICD-9 offers only a single code for closed fracture of metatarsal bone(s) - 825.25 (Fracture of metatarsal bone[s] closed). Note that is the only code for the closed fracture of one or more metatarsal bones and is not specific for a particular metatarsal bone. You can report the same code for fracture [...]