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ICD-10 Update:

Gain Precision In Coding Closed Fractures Of Patella

Published on Fri Aug 02, 2013

Hint: Morphology and laterality are your best guides. Don’t let elaborate ICD-10 code descriptors confuse your patellar fracture coding. As in ICD-9, you’ll retain the focus on open and closed fractures. When reporting a closed fracture of the patella, you submit ICD-9 code 822.0 (Closed fracture of patella). The corresponding ICD-10 code will depend upon the morphology and laterality of [...]
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