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Wiki dx for partial rotator cuff tear chronic

Thread starter codegirl0422
Start date Sep 15, 2009

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codegirl0422

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Sep 15, 2009

#1

Hello,

What would be the correct code for partial rotator cuff tear that is chronic? 727.61 states complete tear.

Thanks

C

coderguy1939

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Sep 15, 2009

#2

Take a look at 726.10 as a possibility. My understanging of a complete tear (727.61) is that 3 of 4 tendons need to be involved.

Last edited: Sep 15, 2009

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