tci Part B Insider - 2015 Issue 34

ICD-10: Master Your Pathologic/Traumatic Fracture Code Diagnoses With 2 Scenarios

Discover this new tool to help you ‘build’ a traumatic fracture code. If you’re panicking about the upcoming ICD-10 implementation date and coding fracture codes, you’re not alone. Simplify these complicated seven character codes by breaking them down into pathologic and traumatic fractures. Perfect Your Pathologic Fractures With Scenario 1 Scenario 1: My orthopedic provider saw a 72 year old man for a fracture of the right femur shaft. He was originally diagnosed with left upper lobe carcinoma 5 years ago, and then several months ago, he was diagnosed with metastatic bone cancer (from the lung)...

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