AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-9 - 2005 Issue 4; VOLUME 3 NEW/REVISED CODES

Application of External Fixator Device

Effective October 1, 2005, new adjunct codes have been created for the application of external fixator devices. Prior to this change, it was not possible to distinguish between the different types of external fixator devices available, such as monoplanar (84.71), ring system (84.72) or hybrid—using both ring and monoplanar systems (84.73). Please refer to figure 1 for an example of a monoplanar system, figure 2 for a ring system, and figure 3 for a hybrid system. Figure 1. A monoplanar system Figure 2. A ring system Figure 3. A hybrid system The primary...

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