aadair
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We are an anesthesia office. For our ICD10 training we have received conflicting information regarding our coding of fractures. A recent trainer explained that because we are anesthesia, our treatment of fractures in the O.R. will always be considered initial because this is our first time treating the patient. Is this an accurate statement? We see many O.R. cases for removal of hardware and feel these would be considered a subsequent fracture status? Can someone please clarify if we should be coding according to the fracture status or our initial treatment of any type of fracture?