AHA Coding Clinic® for ICD-10-CM and ICD-10-PCS - 2017 Issue 1; Correction Notices

Further Distal Phalangeal Amputation

Coding Clinic, Third Quarter, page 33, contained a misprint. The answer regarding further amputation of a traumatic amputation should have listed the qualifier 3 “Low” (distal phalangeal amputation) rather than the qualifier “High” (proximal phalangeal amputation) as follows: 0X6M0Z3 Detachment at left thumb, low, open approach 0X6T0Z3 Detachment at left ring finger, low, open approach 0X6W0Z3 Detachment at left little finger, low, open approach ...

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