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ICD-10-CM Code for Fracture of skull and facial bones S02

ICD-10 code S02 for Fracture of skull and facial bones is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes .

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Fracture of skull and facial bones
Note: A fracture not indicated as open or closed should be coded to closed
Code also any associated intracranial injury (S06.-)
 
S02 Fracture of skull and facial bones
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Fracture of vault of skull
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Fracture of base of skull
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Fracture of nasal bones
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Fracture of orbital floor
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Fracture of malar, maxillary and zygoma bones
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Fracture of tooth (traumatic)
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Fracture of mandible
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Fractures of other specified skull and facial bones
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Fracture of unspecified skull and facial bones

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21453 and 21462 during same surgical encounter
May I suggest you use Modifier 59 on 21453, you need to tell them it a separate procedure and you could also include Mod. 51 as a 2nd modifier. Also, make sure you are using the correct ICD10 dx code... [ Read More ]
fracture codes
[QUOTE="thomas7331, post: 506776, member: 5404"] After the surgery you'll need to use the subsequent care code for the fracture instead of the active care code. So for example, if you're fracture was... [ Read More ]
fracture codes
[QUOTE="njbrown, post: 506775, member: 58309"] If a patient has a nasal fracture and has had surgery to correct it for the follow up visit can you still code it as nasal fracture or would you need to ... [ Read More ]
Exposer to other specified factors - X58.XXXA
When the OP notes does not mention any specific external cause factor along with Nasal bone fracture can we bill S02.2xxa and X58.XXXA together?... [ Read More ]
Mandibular Fractures
Please help, I need help in coding the surgery for the fracture repair. DX: 1. left mandibular angle fracture - S02.652A 2. right parasymphysis mandibular fracture - S02.69XA Procedures: 1. Open re... [ Read More ]
CPT code 21335 that involves old nasal injury
Patient has a displaced left nasal bone. This patient has had 3 rhinoplasty's and now the doctor wants to fix the nasal fracture. The progress note states "there is a slightly depressed nasal bone o... [ Read More ]
ICD-10 Nasal fracture code help
Hello there, I have a patient with closed nasal fracture. She was struck in the nose by a soccer ball. For her new patient visit, the correct diagnosis would be S02.200A (fracture of nasal bones initi... [ Read More ]
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