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Don’t Rule Out This Code for Ankle Injury Encounter

Published on Thu Jun 03, 2021

Question: An adolescent patient came in after turning his ankle playing soccer. Our pediatrician examined the patient and decided that he needed to go to the emergency room (ER) for an X-ray, as she believed he may possible have torn ligaments around the right ankle. How should I code this encounter? Would I use R22.41, M25.571, or S99.911A? Ohio Subscriber [...]
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