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Wiki Colles Fracture - Can it be coded without it specifically stating?

Thread starter fish4codes
Start date Sep 15, 2016
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Sep 15, 2016

I am new at coding and there is so much to learn! That said - I have an OP note with the dx of displaced intraarticular four part fracture, right distal radius fracture. This was coded as a Colles fracture, but no where in the op note does it specifically state that it is a Colles fracture. Is it appropriate to give the Colles fracture code S52.531 or would S52.571 be the correct option? Many thanks!

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