Meljmichon
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I was reading the Coding Traumatic Fractures paragraph in Chapter 19 on page 1075 on the ICD10 complete code set 2016 book and it indicated the following: A FRACTURE NOT INDICATED WHETHER DISPLACED OR NOT DISPLACED SHOULD BE CODED TO DISPLACED. This was something that i was told to undercode if we are not provided with enough description of the diagnosis. Can someone please explain why we would indicate the Fracture as closed if not indicated as closed or open but then choose to indicate as displaced if not indicated?
Thank you
Melanie
Thank you
Melanie