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Wiki ICD-10 code for left medial patellofemoral ligament

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please help - our EHR is terrible is saying to use S76.112S which is for a Strain of left quadriceps muscle, fascia and tendon, sequel

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I think your EHR is seeing it as the patellar tendon (ligament). In the index, if you look under Sprain (joint) (ligament)>knee>patellar ligament> The index directs you to S76.11_ _. There is a note that it includes injury of the patellar ligament (tendon). Obviously, that's not the same thing as the MPFL.

I would agree that you need to use S83.8X_ _ It's specified, there's just no specific code for that ligament like there is for the ACL/PCL, etc.

Side note, this original question was from 2016...
 
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