AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2018 Issue 1; Clarifications

Periprosthetic Fracture

The example on the coding of periprosthetic fractures in Coding Clinic, Fourth Quarter 2016, page 42, seems to have an error.  Since in periprosthetic fractures “the prosthesis itself is not fractured, the area around the prosthesis is fractured,” shouldn’t the example be of the upper end of the femur instead of the lower end of the femur, or post knee replacement, rather than post hip replacement? Is it possible for a fracture of the lower end of the femur to be around a hip replacement prosthesis? ...

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