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March Toward This Correct Fracture Code

Published on Fri Feb 23, 2024

Question: A patient presented to an outpatient radiology practice with sharp pain in their left foot. The patient’s general practitioner (GP) referred the patient to receive X-rays on the foot. The radiologist captured anteroposterior (AP), lateral, and transverse views and issued their impression as “fractures of the 2+3 L metatarsal.” However, the findings are listed as a march fracture of the [...]
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