Alta
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The pt had a fx 6 months ago which healed, but he was supposed to keep a boot on and didn't, so he now has widening/displacement of the syndesmosis. He came in to the OR for closed percutaneous pinning with 2 screws. She used a clamp to reduce widening, then placed two screws percutaneously. The encoder leads me to an unlisted code. I am wondering if I can use 27842. Would you use it? Is the widening/displacement considered a dislocation of sorts? Thanks!