AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2009 Issue 1; Ask the Editor
Aftercare Following Joint Replacement
If a patient had an intertrochanteric hip fracture that was repaired through a total hip joint replacement, and is now receiving aftercare at the physician’s office, should both codes V54.13, Aftercare for healing traumatic fracture of hip, and V54.81, Aftercare following joint replacement, be assigned? Or, should only one of these codes be assigned, and if so, which code? ...
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