This presentation discusses ICD-10-CM medical coding for traumatic and pathological fractures.
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Fractures due to injury (traumatic fractures) are coded to chapter 19. Fractures due to disease (such as osteoporosis and neoplasms) are coded to chapter 13.
7th digits for each type of fracture are discussed. Guidelines for fractures are also described.
Open or closed fractures, and malunion and nonunion coding is discussed.
Types of fractures (torus, greenstick, physeal, vertebral, stress fractures and other types) are discussed.
It discusses the difference between these types of fractures, guidelines and coding for each. This presentation is based on the book ICD-10-CM Coding Guidelines Made Easy.
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--------- Contents of this video ---------
0:00 - Introduction
2:03 - Traumatic Fractures
5:49 - Types of Fractures
8:38 - Locations of Fractures
13:31 - Guidelines
16:35 - Pathological Fractures
21:49 - Notes for your book