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Wiki Nonunion of osteotomy
I'm having trouble finding an ICD for nonunion of osteotomy. The patient returns 6 months after lateralizing calcaneal osteotomy. The osteotomy site has not healed and they're having hardware and graft placed to promote healing. What diagnosis code would you use?- kimmcelderry@gmail.com
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- icd 10 nonunion osteotomy
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- Forum: Orthopaedics
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Wiki ORIF Metacarpal Malunion w/ Osteotomy
Hello My provider performed a ORIF metacarpal malunion with osteotomy. My code choices are 26546 or 26565. The issue I'm having is I'm not sure if I can use 26546. The description for this code is for a nonunion and my procedure was performed on a malunion.. Thanks in advance. I then examined...- MI_CODER
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- malunion nonunion orif osteotomy
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- Forum: Orthopaedics