ICD-10-CM Code for Greenstick fracture of shaft of ulna S52.21

ICD-10 code S52.21 for Greenstick fracture of shaft of ulna is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes .

Official Long Descriptor

Greenstick fracture of shaft of ulna

S52

Excludes1: traumatic amputation of forearm (S58.-)

Excludes2: fracture at wrist and hand level (S62.-)
periprosthetic fracture around internal prosthetic elbow joint (M97.4)

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Place of Occurrence

Hello, I'm an Educator for Outpatient facility coding and need some feedback on interpreting POO guideline ch 20.b ...POO is assigned only once, at the initial encounter for treatment... We code for ... [ Read More ]

Closed Treatment Distal Ulnar Fracture closed fracture care fracture care ulnar

I am searching for Closed Treatment of Distal Ulnar Fracture. Neither the Radius nor the Ulnar Styloid are mentioned. The physician coded 25545 (Open treatment Ulnar Shaft) and S52.691A for other frac... [ Read More ]

Radial Shaft Fracture w/ Galeazzi Variant CPT 25515 25525 galeazzi radial shaft fracture

Hello Everyone, I wasn't sure whether this particular instance is better described as [B]25515 or 22525[/B]. No percutaneous fixation was performed so I'm not sure if 25525 qualifies, but there is a G... [ Read More ]

Cpt and modifiers

Hi my name is Millie and I work for a Orthopedics: Patient came in through the emergency 02/04/2020 and was admitted for surgery the same day. Discharged 02/05/2020. I billed 99285-57 25609 LT 25... [ Read More ]

Fracture treatment - new or non-union? fracture

So I'm confused on this one. The Doctor is treating patient for the first time but patient has a non-union and a new fracture on the same bone. Debating between 25405 or 25545 for the procedure and wh... [ Read More ]

Post Op

Depends...... I'll use a subsequent encounter code if available, e.g., S52.502D, or a status code. Our billing service doesn't even transmit the 99024 unless there's an xray or something that needs to... [ Read More ]

99212 OR 99213 follow up fracture care

This is global to the fracture care so you would bill the 99024, if it was not billed as fx care then I would say 99212. For the diagnosis code only the S52.122D, the Z47.89 has an excludes 1 exclus... [ Read More ]

99212 OR 99213 follow up fracture care

Would like to have this office visit "audited" by another coder on the e/m visit code. CC: Left Elbow Fracture DOI 10-14-2019 HPI: X-rays performed in house No complaints. He is here ... [ Read More ]

Fracture Diagnosis fracture coding

Will someone please shed some light on fracture diagnosis coding? Specifically pertaining to coding to the highest specificity when the provider is not too specific in their note. Example: Orthopedic... [ Read More ]

Unspecified vs. other

[QUOTE="cliff.chen89, post: 455426, member: 328758"] So going back to Ash82's question, do you mind clarifying if ICD10 code "S52.501A" would be acceptable to report if the Medical documentation simpl... [ Read More ]

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