In ICD 9, we have straight codes for injuries or external cause of injuries. However, ICD 10 has different set of codes for injuries. Here the injuries are divided into initial, subsequent and sequela encounter with the physician. Hence, the codes are very specific for the treatment of the injuries. Now in injuries we do not have to code for aftercare codes when the fracture is into healing phase, you just need to select the appropriate ‘7th’ character to coding the condition. This is one of the reason we have so…
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