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ICD-10-CM Code for Fracture of alveolus of maxilla S02.42

ICD-10 code S02.42 for Fracture of alveolus of maxilla is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes .

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Fracture of alveolus of maxilla

S02

Code also: any associated intracranial injury (S06.-)

 
S02.42 Fracture of alveolus of maxilla
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Fracture of alveolus of maxilla, initial encounter for closed fracture
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Fracture of alveolus of maxilla, initial encounter for open fracture
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Fracture of alveolus of maxilla, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
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Fracture of alveolus of maxilla, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
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Fracture of alveolus of maxilla, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
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Fracture of alveolus of maxilla, sequela

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21453 and 21462 during same surgical encounter
May I suggest you use Modifier 59 on 21453, you need to tell them it a separate procedure and you could also include Mod. 51 as a 2nd modifier. Also, make sure you are using the correct ICD10 dx code... [ Read More ]
fracture codes
[QUOTE="thomas7331, post: 506776, member: 5404"] After the surgery you'll need to use the subsequent care code for the fracture instead of the active care code. So for example, if you're fracture was... [ Read More ]
fracture codes
[QUOTE="njbrown, post: 506775, member: 58309"] If a patient has a nasal fracture and has had surgery to correct it for the follow up visit can you still code it as nasal fracture or would you need to ... [ Read More ]
Exposer to other specified factors - X58.XXXA
When the OP notes does not mention any specific external cause factor along with Nasal bone fracture can we bill S02.2xxa and X58.XXXA together?... [ Read More ]
Mandibular Fractures
Please help, I need help in coding the surgery for the fracture repair. DX: 1. left mandibular angle fracture - S02.652A 2. right parasymphysis mandibular fracture - S02.69XA Procedures: 1. Open re... [ Read More ]
CPT code 21335 that involves old nasal injury
Patient has a displaced left nasal bone. This patient has had 3 rhinoplasty's and now the doctor wants to fix the nasal fracture. The progress note states "there is a slightly depressed nasal bone o... [ Read More ]
ICD-10 Nasal fracture code help
Hello there, I have a patient with closed nasal fracture. She was struck in the nose by a soccer ball. For her new patient visit, the correct diagnosis would be S02.200A (fracture of nasal bones initi... [ Read More ]
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