11.01.08

November Question of the Month

Posted in Head/Neck at 12:10 pm by admin

Q: A patient sustains a basilar skull fracture, fractured L zygoma and a nasal fracture. She has bilateral periorbital ecchymosis. There is no mention in the chart of cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) leak. How would you code the basilar skull fracture?

10.01.08

October Question of the Month

Posted in Extremities at 1:00 am by admin

Q: How do you code a fracture of the acromium process?

A: Although this process is at the end of the neck, the most correct answer is 750900.2 Scapula fracture NFS.

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