Podiatry Coding & Billing Alert
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Count on These Codes for Stress Fractures
Published on Fri Sep 18, 2020
Question: The encounter notes indicate the patient suffered an ankle stress fracture. Should I report standard fracture ICD-10 codes? Or are there specific codes for stress fractures? New York Subscriber Answer: Stress fractures do have their own ICD-10 code set: M84.3- (Stress fracture). For this patient, report one of the following codes, depending on encounter specifics: According to ICD-10, providers might refer to stress fractures by several other terms, including:
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