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Ankle Fractures: Avoid 27786-27814 Pitfalls

Published on Mon Jul 01, 2013

Know the 5 types of ankle fracture repairs, and save your practice $70. Mistaking bimalleolar and trimalleolar fracture codes? If so, you could be costing your practice more than $70 — the difference in reimbursement between the open repair codes for these ankle fractures. Podiatrists must be specific when documenting fracture repair because CPT’s index breaks down the ankle fracture codes [...]
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