Unspecified fracture of left femur, initial encounter for closed fracture
You would code the aftercare codes for follow up visits while the fracture is healing after the initial treatment. The guidelines state: "Fractures are coded using the aftercare codes for encounters after the patient has completed active treatment of the fracture and is receiving routine care for the fracture during the healing or recovery phase.
The ICD-10-CM is a catalog of diagnosis codes used by medical professionals for medical coding and reporting in health care settings. The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) maintain the catalog in the U.S. releasing yearly updates.
S22.49XA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. Short description: Multiple fractures of ribs, unsp side, init for clos fx The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM S22.49XA became effective on October 1, 2021.
ICD-10-CM S72. 002A is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0): 521 Hip replacement with principal diagnosis of hip fracture with mcc. 522 Hip replacement with principal diagnosis of hip fracture without mcc.
A pathological fracture is classified to code 733.1x, with a fifth digit identifying the fracture site. Pathological fractures often occur in the vertebra (733.13), hip (733.14), and wrist (distal radius or Colles' fracture, 733.12).
452A.
ICD-9-CM and ICD-10-CM CodesOsteoporosis ICD-9-CM & ICD-10-CM CodesDisuse osteoporosis: 733.03M81.8Other osteoporosis: 733.09M81.8FRAGILITY FRACTURESHip fracture: 820.0, 820.2, 733.14S72.019A, S72.023A, S72.033A, S72.043A, S72.099A, S72.109A, S72.143A, S72.23XA, M84.459A12 more rows
Pathological fracture, other site, initial encounter for fracture. M84. 48XA is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes. The 2022 edition of ICD-10-CM M84.
Listen to pronunciation. (PA-thuh-LAH-jik FRAK-sher) A broken bone caused by disease, often by the spread of cancer to the bone.
Pathological fracture, hip, unspecified, initial encounter for fracture. M84. 459A is a billable/specific ICD-10-CM code that can be used to indicate a diagnosis for reimbursement purposes.
A pathological or fragility fracture is defined as a fracture sustained due to trauma no more severe than a fall from standing height, with the break occurring under circumstances that would not cause a fracture in a normal, healthy bone.
To provide additional specificity, the fracture seventh characters are expanded to include: A, Initial encounter for closed fracture. B, Initial encounter for open fracture. D, Subsequent encounter for fracture with routine healing.
ICD-10-CM S72. 001A is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0): 521 Hip replacement with principal diagnosis of hip fracture with mcc. 522 Hip replacement with principal diagnosis of hip fracture without mcc.
Fracture of femur ICD-10-CM S72. 309A is grouped within Diagnostic Related Group(s) (MS-DRG v39.0):
142 for Displaced intertrochanteric fracture of left femur is a medical classification as listed by WHO under the range - Injury, poisoning and certain other consequences of external causes .
Plain English Description: A pathologic fracture is a break in a bone due to weakening by another disease or disorder, such as osteoporosis (see above). As another example, a fracture at the site of a tumor is a very common form of pathologic fracture.
Since this is not a 'current' fracture, but rather a prophylactic measure, you may want to rethink your CPT code. Look at 27187- "prophylactic treatment" (nailing, pinning, plating or wiring). Then I think you could use the primary and secondary malignant neoplasm codes and they would pass your cross-coder.