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S82.84- Demands Multiple Details for Bimalleolar Ankle Fractures

Published on Fri May 03, 2013

Follow the guidelines if documentation doesn’t indicate displaced or nondisplaced. You may be accustomed to looking for closed or open fractures under ICD-9, but you’ll need to watch for additional details to choose the most specific fracture code under ICD-10. A quick review of coding for a closed bimalleolar fracture is a helpful introduction to what’s in store when ICD-10 [...]
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