Wiki Ulna head fracture code

[sranaware]

hi
if it is ulna head fracture (i.e proximal end of ulna) but if searched in ICD 9 CM volume we find code 813.43 Fracture distal end ]of Ulna head/lowerend/lowerepiphysis/styloid process.
This is a not supporting the anatomical part mentioned.where head of ulna # is coded in distal fracture as we get the same in ICD 9 manual.
Due to which coders have to use # elbow for the same even if specified daignosis is provided.

Can any body guide on this

 

[mitchellde]

813.43 is the distal end of the ulna not the ulnar head. If it is a fracture of the head you need more specific documentation for either the olecranon or the coronoid process, without more specific documentation you would use 813.00 for unspecified.