adahl@fast-air.net
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How would you code the following scenario....
Patient is an 81 yr old female who was reaching to get a dish out of her kitchen cupboard and experienced back pain. She came into the ER and x-rays revealed compression fx of
T10 and L1, L2 and L4. She does have history of osteoporosis. Final diagnosis is compression fxs. Should I code this as pathologic fracture even though the doctor does not state it?
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Patient is an 81 yr old female who was reaching to get a dish out of her kitchen cupboard and experienced back pain. She came into the ER and x-rays revealed compression fx of
T10 and L1, L2 and L4. She does have history of osteoporosis. Final diagnosis is compression fxs. Should I code this as pathologic fracture even though the doctor does not state it?