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Hello fellow Coders, I am in need of much help. I have struggled with when to bill for a Pathology report code. Are there certain codes that require a Path report to be billed? I am in a Family Pra... [ Read More ]
GEMS file record for 883.1 led me to S62.- Laceration, finger w/ foreign body not involving nail. Doing index in ICD-10 Laceration finger led to S61.- which is without foreign body not involving nail.... [ Read More ]
We see this scenario a lot in our ER.... patient comes in with a puncture or laceration to finger and it is infected. In ICD-9 we used code 883.1, which was an open wound, complicated, and the complic... [ Read More ]
Hi Rena!
1- I would use CPT code 25605 the closed treatment w/ manipulation of distal radius fx.
2- Look at ICD-9 codes 813.4 (Unless it is an open fracture, then it would be 813.5).
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[QUOTE="Snflwr81, post: 318464, member: 154843"]If you type "puncture wound" into 3M it will lead to 883.0 (open wound of fingers, without complication). A puncture from a needle is still making an op... [ Read More ]
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