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Diagnosing Initial Vs. Follow-Up Fracture Visit

Published on Wed May 08, 2013

Question: Our physician treated a patient for a fracture of the second metatarsal. A follow-up X-ray four weeks later showed that the fracture had failed to heal at all. How should we report the diagnoses?
Nevada Subscriber Answer: You should follow different coding requirements for each of the encounters. For the first visit with an initial diagnosis of [...]
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