jdibble
True Blue
am finding some things in ICD-10 that are very confusing! I have a patient who was diagnosed with a periprosthetic supracondylar fracture of left knee. During surgery the doctor found that the prosthetic was broken and needed to be replaced. So, I looked up the code for the periprosthetic fracture and after a number of "see" something else notes, came up with T84.043A. There is an excludes 2 note for breakage of prosthetic joint - T84.01. So I go to code T84.013A for the left knee to code that per the excludes 2 note and there they have an Excludes 1 note for periprosthetic joint fracture (T84.04).
So, can I use both codes or can't I code both??
Any help is greatly appreciated!!!
So, can I use both codes or can't I code both??
Any help is greatly appreciated!!!