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Wiki Acute vs injury

Thread starter Gran1234
Start date Jan 15, 2016
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acute code injury meniscus walking

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Gran1234

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Jan 15, 2016

I'm curious if acute always implies an injury. Ex: Patient's knee just popped out of joint. Diagnosis includes a tear of medial meniscus. Is an "S" or "M" code used? Patient was not doing anything but walking.

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