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ICD-10-CM Code for Other fracture of base of skull S02.19

ICD-10 code S02.19 for Other fracture of base of skull is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes .

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Official Long Descriptor

Other fracture of base of skull
Fracture of anterior fossa of base of skull
Fracture of ethmoid sinus
Fracture of frontal sinus
Fracture of middle fossa of base of skull
Fracture of posterior fossa of base of skull
Fracture of sphenoid
Fracture of temporal bone

S02.1

Excludes2: lateral orbital wall (S02.84-)
medial orbital wall (S02.83-)
orbital floor (S02.3-)

S02

Code also: any associated intracranial injury (S06.-)

 
S02.19 Other fracture of base of skull
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Other fracture of base of skull, initial encounter for closed fracture
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Other fracture of base of skull, initial encounter for open fracture
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Other fracture of base of skull, subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing
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Other fracture of base of skull, subsequent encounter for fracture with delayed healing
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Other fracture of base of skull, subsequent encounter for fracture with nonunion
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Other fracture of base of skull, sequela

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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 ]
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[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 ]
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[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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