Question: Answer: 26605 (Closed treatment of metacarpal fracture, single; with manipulation, each bone) for the fracture care Modifier 54 (Surgical care only) appended to 26605 to show that you are coding the procedure only and not coding for the follow-up care 99283 (Emergency Department visit for the evaluation and management of a patient, which requires these three key components: an expanded problem focused history; an expanded problem focused examination; and medical decision making of moderate complexity) for the E/M service Modifier 57 appended to 99283 to show that the E/M and fracture care were separate services and that the E/M service resulted in the initial decision to perform the procedure 815.00 (Fracture of metacarpal bone[s]; closed; metacarpal bone[s], site unspecified) appended to 26605 and 99283 to represent the patient's injury; and] E003.2 (Activities involving ice and snow; Snow [alpine][downhill] skiing, snow boarding, sledding, tobogganing and snow tubing) appended to 26605 and 99283 to document the activity that led to the injury. However: