You Be the Coder:
Use Foot Fracture Modifiers With Care
Published on Mon Nov 30, 2015
Question: A 14-year-old patient visited our clinic with an injured second toe of the right foot he suffered during a skiing accident. The physician diagnosed a closed phalangeal fracture, which he reset using manipulation and placed in a plaster cast. He informed the parent to follow up with the clinic for continuing care. Notes indicate a level-three pre-procedure E/M service. How [...]