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Don’t Stress Over Coding This Fracture

Published on Wed Jul 19, 2023

Question: If 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? Minnesota Subscriber Answer: You would not use standard fracture codes for stress fractures, as they have their own ICD-10 code set: M84.3- (Stress fracture). For this patient, report one of the following [...]
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