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Pathological Fractures:

Handy Tips Enhance Your Pathological Coding Proficiency

Published on Tue Jun 05, 2018

Report 7th character "A" as long as the patient receiving active treatment for fracture. Although coding for fractures may be one of the most challenging tasks you encounter in your coding career, you don't have to let this potential pitfall trip youup. One important piece of information you absolutely must know is whetherthe fracture is traumatic or pathological because this [...]
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