Wiki Displaced fracture and comminuted fracture

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A displaced fracture is one where the bones do not line up, a comminuted fracture is where the bones break into multiple pieces. ICD 9 does not differentiate between displaced and comminuted, only open or closed. Not sure what you mean by only coding the primary fracture code, could you be more specific?
 
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