Question: In the medical documentation, the podiatrist diagnosed the patient with a Jones fracture. What is the appropriate ICD-10 code for this condition?
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Answer: A patient who has a Jones fracture has fractured his fifth metatarsal — the bone that runs from the midfoot to the base of small toe. A Jones fracture enters the intermetatarsal joint.
You will choose the code based upon what the documentation says about the location of the fracture (right or left foot) and the type of fracture (displaced or nondisplaced).
Your ICD-10 code choices for a fifth metatarsal fracture are as follows:
You will also need to choose a seventh character, whichindicates the kind of encounter, for the fifth metatarsal fracture codes. Your options for the seventh character are:
