ceverlith
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All you orthopedic guru's I need some clarification.
Truama patient taken to surgery for an ORIF of distal radius with plates and screws by othro on call. Referred to my surgeon the hand specialists. My surgeon finds a "NEW" fracture distal to the plate. My surgeon has to remove the original plate "not put in by him" and replace with longer plate to cover now both fractures. We coded removal of hardware because we did not put the hardware in and ORIF of the "new" fracture. I am being denied the removal stating it does not matter who put the original plate in all is global. I do not agree!! Any thoughts???
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Signed Upset
Truama patient taken to surgery for an ORIF of distal radius with plates and screws by othro on call. Referred to my surgeon the hand specialists. My surgeon finds a "NEW" fracture distal to the plate. My surgeon has to remove the original plate "not put in by him" and replace with longer plate to cover now both fractures. We coded removal of hardware because we did not put the hardware in and ORIF of the "new" fracture. I am being denied the removal stating it does not matter who put the original plate in all is global. I do not agree!! Any thoughts???
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Signed Upset