A patient was seen for pain, tenderness, and edema of the right wrist. She experienced a low-impact injury when she braced herself against the wall after she slipped without falling from a step stool in the kitchen pantry of her home. Scans indicate there is a fracture due to osteoporosis and weakening of bone.
Final diagnosis and procedure: (1) Postmenopausal osteoporotic fracture of distal radial extra-articular metaphysis, (2) open reduction with internal fixation using locking-plate system.
Assign the appropriate diagnosis & procedure codes.ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS
Following are the answers:
1. Postmenopausal osteoporotic fracture of distal radial extra-large articular metaphysis- M81.0, S52.5
2. Open reduction with internal fixation usibg locking plate system- 0PSH04Z
A patient was seen for pain, tenderness, and edema of the right wrist. She experienced a...