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ICD-10 Update:

Look for These Expansions to Spinal Lesion and Closed Cervical Fractures

Published on Mon Oct 07, 2013

Tip: Your best guide is the spinal level. Unlike ICD-9, where you have a single code for reporting cervical fractures with spinal cord lesions., ICD-10 will allow you to report for both the fracture as well as the spinal lesion. ICD-9: When reporting a closed fracture of the cervical vertebrae with a spinal injury, you look at the level of [...]
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