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I.D. Open/Closed Before Reporting Vertebral Fx Fix

Published on Thu Jan 04, 2024

Also, look for imaging studies to pinpoint fracture. When your surgeon evaluates a vertebral fracture, they may have to perform surgery. Reporting that surgery will press the coder into action. Coders need to identify how the surgeon decided whether the patient needed surgery, whether the surgery was open or closed, and in what anatomical area of the spine the surgery [...]
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