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Follow These Steps for Skull Crush Dx

Published on Thu Dec 01, 2022

Question: Encounter notes indicate that a patient suffered from a crushing injury to their face. The physician performed a complete skull X-ray to examine the patient’s injury. How should I report the diagnosis for this encounter? Rhode Island Subscriber Answer: The code for the X-ray is 70260 (Radiologic examination, skull; complete, minimum of 4 views). Your ICD-10 code choice, however, requires more [...]
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