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Pinpoint Your Rib ICD-10-CM Fracture Code Using This Chart

Published on Fri Sep 13, 2013

Don’t overlook your “bilateral” option for a multiple rib fracture situation. Fracture codes both explode and transform in ICD-10, which means you need to embrace any tool that can streamline your code selection. Take a look at the following chart for rib fractures, and check out how you can easily “build” your seven digit diagnosis, based on your physician’s documentation. [...]
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