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2 Experts Help You Avoid Nasal Fracture Miscoding

Published on Mon Apr 12, 2004

Your 4 answers recoup $100-400 in 21310-21330 pay

You can boil your 21310-21330 selection down to the right code if you follow a simple flow chart.
 
"It's not that hard to locate the right nasal bone fracture code as long as you know whether the repair is closed or open and the repair method," says Dora A. Allen, CPC, Louisville local chapter American Academy of Professional Coders (AAPC) president. When selecting a nasal fracture repair code, two AAPC chapter leaders, Allen and Rhonda Buckholtz, CPC, Erie Local Chapter AAPC president, recommend you answer these four questions:
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