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Surgery for malunion of fracture

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Ccgerson

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Phoenixville, PA
Procedure is ORIF of extra-articular distal radius ( 25607)
Diagnosis is right comminuted distal radius fracture with partial malunion. I am still unsure how to code for these, when pt is getting surgery. According to the fracture coding guidelines, all diagnosis for surgery should be coded with 7th character "A".
 
the guidelines do not state that surgery requires he A as the 7th character. If it is documented as a malunion and this is the reason for the surgery, then you code the diagnosis with the 7th character of P,Q, or R.
 
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