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ICD-10-CM:

Stress Fractures Involve Repetitive Stress or Force on Bone Caused by Overuse

Published on Wed Jan 20, 2021

“A” character indicated an initial encounter for a fracture. If your podiatrist sees patients for fractures in your office, you need to be aware of specific details such as the differences between the types of fractures and what the characters indicate in the ICD-10-CM fracture codes. Read on to learn about a specific type of fracture — stress fractures. Differentiate [...]
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