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A patient present to Physical Therapy after having surgery for a fracture. Do I use the orthopedic aftercare V code as the primary followed by the S code as secondary? I was told that you do not use V codes if you are using S codes????
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torender@newmanrh.org said:
A patient present to Physical Therapy after having surgery for a fracture. Do I use the orthopedic aftercare V code as the primary followed by the S code as secondary? I was told that you do not use V codes if you are using S codes????
Thanks for the help!
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In ICD-9 the V57 code for rehab is first listed but no DX code in ICD-9 starts with the letter S. In ICD-10 CM. there is no code that is equivalent to the V57 codes. You will code the reason for rehab which might be an S code if it is due to an injury then use the appropriate 7th character or might be a Z code for aftercare, V codes are external causes and never allowed first in ICD-10 CM
 
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