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Emergency Department Coding:

Mind Your Modifiers on This Fracture Claim

Published on Mon Apr 13, 2026

Question: The emergency department (ED) physician treats a patient who reports to the ED with left wrist pain. The provider performs a history and examination, as well as ordering a wrist X-ray that the hospital radiologist performs and interprets. The ED physician finds that the patient has a Colles’ fracture of the left radius. The physician places a call to [...]
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